Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist, Genval (Belgium), May 1992.- I. Material Properties.- The Anatomic, Constraint and Material Properties of the Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament: A Preliminary Study.- Effect of Repetitive Loading on the Wrist of Young Rabbits.- Cementless Total Trapezio-Metacarpal Prosthesis Principle of Anchorage.- Passive Force-Length Properties of Cadaveric Human Forearm Musculature.- The Mechanical Properties of Finger Flexor Tendons and Development of Stronger Tendon Suturing Techniques.- Biomechanics of Flexor Pulley Reconstruction.- Deep Ligaments of the Interphalangeal Joint of the Thumb.- Anatomy of the Palmar Plates: Comparative Morphology and Motion Characteristics.- II. Force Analysis.- On a Model of the Upper Extremity.- A Model of the Human Hand Dynamics.- Biomechanical Analysis of the Wrist Joint in Ergonomical Aspects.- Contact Pressures within Wrist Joints.- Joint Contact Pressures within the Normal Wrist: Experimental Versus Analytical Studies.- Stress Analysis of the Radiocarpal Joint from a Determination of the Subchondral Mineralisation Pattern.- Force Transmission Through the Proximal Carpal Row.- Quantitative Functional Anatomy of Finger Muscles: Application to Controlled Grasp.- Anatomic Forms of Male and Female Carpometacarpal Joints.- Finger Mathematical Modeling and Rehabilitation.- Force Analysis of the Thumb.- Stress Analysis of PIP Joints using the Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method.- III. Motion Analysis.- Normal and Abnormal Carpal Kinematics.- Functional Anatomy of the Carpus in Flexion and Extension and in Radial and Ulnar Deviations: An In Vivo Two- and Three-Dimensional CT Study.- Role of the Wrist Ligaments with Respect to Carpal Kinematics and Carpal Mechanism.- Kinematic Geometry of the Wrist: Preliminary Report.- A Computergraphics Model of the Wrist Joint: Design and Application.- The Study of the Biomechanics of Wrist Movements in an Oblique Plane — A Preliminary Report.- The Envelope of Active Wrist Circumduction: An In Vivo Electrogoniometric Study.- Wrist Range of Motion in Activities of Daily Living.- Changes in the TFCC Articular Disk during Forearm Rotation: A Study of Configuration and Surface Strains.- The Role of the Scapho-Trapezial-Trapezoidal Ligament Complex on Scaphoid Kinematics.- Three-Dimensional In-Vivo Kinematic Analysis of Finger Movement.- Three-Dimensional Four Variables Plot for the Study of the Metacarpo-Phalangeal Joint Kinematics.- Biomechanical Examination of Postoperative Flexor Tendon Adhesions in Rabbit Digits.- IV. Clinical Applications.- Aspects of the Biomechanics of Fracture Fixation.- Dislocation and Instability of the Distal Radio-Ulnar Joint.- Kinematic Dysfunction of the Distal Radioulnar Joint after Distal Radial Fractures.- Distal Radius Fractures: Evaluation of Instability and Therapeutic Approach.- Geometric Analysis of Opening-Closing Wedge Corrective Osteotomy of the Distal Radius after Malunited Fracture.- Scaphoid and Periscaphoid Injuries: Mathematical Pattern.- In Vivo Load-Displacement Behavior of the Carpal Scaphoid Ligament Complex: Initial Measurements, Time-Dependence, and Repeatability.- The Use of Cine-Computed Tomography to Investigate Carpal Kinematics.- Surgical Treatment with External Fixator for Posttraumatic Carpal Instability.- X-Ray Stereophotogrammetric Examinations of Flexor Tendon Excursion in the Tendon Sheath Area after Tendon Repair.- Evamain: Computerised System for the Evaluation of the Hand.- Contributors.