title: Strain gauged six-component load transducer for use in upper limb biomechanics.
abstract: A six-channel instrumented load transducer has been developed for measuring hand and upper limb loading (maximum design load, 2 kN). Modular in design, the transducer can be adapted to a variety of formats, thereby increasing the range of activities to which it can be applied. When used with a motion analysis system, hand loading can be determined with respect to a laboratory coordinate system irrespective of transducer orientation and position. Measurement accuracy of approximately +/- 1 per cent of applied loading has been determined through a system calibration.
authors: Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Runciman
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Nicol
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010827:Physiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*