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The Study of the Biomechanics of Wrist Movements in an Oblique Plane — A Preliminary Report

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Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 256))

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Almost all the wrist motion studies have concentrated on the mobility of the wrist in flexion-extension (F.E.) and radial-ulnar deviation (R.U.D.).

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  1. Institut Français de la main, 15 rue Benjamin-Franklin, F-75116, Paris, France

    Philippe Saffar & I. Semaan

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  1. Philippe Saffar
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  1. Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

    F. Schuind

  2. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    K. N. An  & W. P. Cooney III  & 

  3. Hospital General de Catalunya, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain

    M. Garcia-Elias

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Saffar, P., Semaan, I. (1994). The Study of the Biomechanics of Wrist Movements in an Oblique Plane — A Preliminary Report. In: Schuind, F., An, K.N., Cooney, W.P., Garcia-Elias, M. (eds) Advances in the Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist. NATO ASI Series, vol 256. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9107-5_27

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