Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist, Genval (Belgium), May 1992....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Anatomic, Constraint and Material Properties of the Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament: A Preliminary Study....Pages 9-16
Effect of Repetitive Loading on the Wrist of Young Rabbits....Pages 17-23
Cementless Total Trapezio-Metacarpal Prosthesis Principle of Anchorage....Pages 25-30
Passive Force-Length Properties of Cadaveric Human Forearm Musculature....Pages 31-40
The Mechanical Properties of Finger Flexor Tendons and Development of Stronger Tendon Suturing Techniques....Pages 41-57
Biomechanics of Flexor Pulley Reconstruction....Pages 59-67
Deep Ligaments of the Interphalangeal Joint of the Thumb....Pages 69-84
Anatomy of the Palmar Plates: Comparative Morphology and Motion Characteristics....Pages 85-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
On a Model of the Upper Extremity....Pages 95-106
A Model of Human Hand Dynamics....Pages 107-122
Biomechanical Analysis of the Wrist Joint in Ergonomical Aspects....Pages 123-135
Contact Pressures within Wrist Joints....Pages 137-151
Joint Contact Pressures within the Normal Wrist: Experimental Versus Analytical Studies....Pages 153-157
Stress Analysis of the Radiocarpal Joint from a Determination of the Subchondral Mineralisation Pattern....Pages 159-165
Force Transmission Through the Proximal Carpal Row....Pages 167-176
Quantitative Functional Anatomy of Finger Muscles: Application to Controlled Grasp....Pages 177-188
Anatomic Forms of Male and Female Carpometacarpal Joints....Pages 189-195
Finger Mathematical Modeling and Rehabilitation....Pages 197-223
Force Analysis of the Thumb....Pages 225-235
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Stress Analysis of PIP Joints using the Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method....Pages 237-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Normal and Abnormal Carpal Kinematics....Pages 247-253
Functional Anatomy of the Carpus in Flexion and Extension and in Radial and Ulnar Deviations: An In Vivo Two- and Three-Dimensional CT Study....Pages 255-270
Role of the Wrist Ligaments with Respect to Carpal Kinematics and Carpal Mechanism....Pages 271-280
Kinematic Geometry of the Wrist: Preliminary Report....Pages 281-287
A Computergraphics Model of the Wrist Joint: Design and Application....Pages 289-303
The Study of the Biomechanics of Wrist Movements in an Oblique Plane — A Preliminary Report....Pages 305-311
The Envelope of Active Wrist Circumduction. An In Vivo Electrogoniometric Study....Pages 313-328
Wrist Range of Motion in Activities of Daily Living....Pages 329-334
Changes in the TFCC Articular Disk during Forearm Rotation: A Study of Configuration and Surface Strains....Pages 335-343
The Role of the Scapho — Trapezial — Trapezoidal Ligament Complex on Scaphoid Kinematics....Pages 345-361
Three-Dimensional In-Vivo Kinematic Analysis of Finger Movement....Pages 363-375
Three-Dimensional Four Variables Plot for the Study of the Metacarpo-Phalangeal Joint Kinematics....Pages 377-382
Biomechanical Examination of Postoperative Flexor Tendon Adhesions in Rabbit Digits....Pages 383-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Aspects of the Biomechanics of Fracture Fixation....Pages 395-400
Dislocation and Instability of the Distal Radio-Ulnar Joint....Pages 401-426
Kinematic Dysfunction of the Distal Radioulnar Joint after Distal Radial Fractures....Pages 427-429
Distal Radius Fractures: Evaluation of Instability and Therapeutic Approach....Pages 431-439
Geometric Analysis of Opening-Closing Wedge Corrective Osteotomy of the Distal Radius after Malunited Fracture....Pages 441-449
Scaphoid and Periscaphoid Injuries: Mathematical Pattern....Pages 451-456
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
 In Vivo Load-Displacement Behavior of the Carpal Scaphoid Ligament Complex: Initial Measurements, Time-Dependence, and Repeatability....Pages 457-463
The Use of Cine-Computed Tomography to Investigate Carpal Kinematics....Pages 465-473
Surgical Treatment with External Fixator for Posttraumatic Carpal Instability....Pages 475-485
X-Ray Stereophotogrammetric Examinations of Flexor Tendon Excursion in the Tendon Sheath Area after Tendon Repair....Pages 487-497
Evamain: Computerised System for the Evaluation of the Hand....Pages 499-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-522