title: A kinematic technique for describing wrist joint motion: analysis of configuration space plots.
abstract: This paper describes an experimental method for determining the minimum number of degrees of freedom of a human joint. Application of this technique to the wrist suggests that the normal, intact wrist joint uses only two degrees of freedom to move in a plane that is not aligned with the anatomic planes. The technique may be useful in identifying emerging joint pathologies and in simplifying kinematic models of joint function.
authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Moore
authors: C F
authors: CF
authors: Small
authors: J T
authors: JT
authors: Bryant
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Ellis
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Pichora
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Hollister
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000502:physiology*