BIOMECHANICS OF THE HUMAN HAND

Łukasz Jaworski

lukasz.m.jaworski@student.put.poznan.pl
Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management, Piotrowo 3 Str., 60 965 Poznań, Poland (Poland)

Robert Karpiński


Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department, Nadbystrzycka 36 Str., 20-618 Lublin, Poland (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4063-8503

Abstract

The paper provides basic information on human hand's anatomical structure with the location of joints and consequent types of achievable movements. The biomechanics of the human hand is described using two different kinematic models of the hand. The differences between the models are described. The Schlesinger's classification of movements of the human hand is introduced


Keywords:

biomechanics, hand, kinematic model, anatomy, joint

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2017-06-30

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Jaworski, Łukasz, & Karpiński, R. (2017). BIOMECHANICS OF THE HUMAN HAND. Journal of Technology and Exploitation in Mechanical Engineering, 3(1), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.35784/jteme.536

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Łukasz Jaworski 
lukasz.m.jaworski@student.put.poznan.pl
Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management, Piotrowo 3 Str., 60 965 Poznań, Poland Poland

Authors

Robert Karpiński 

Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department, Nadbystrzycka 36 Str., 20-618 Lublin, Poland Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4063-8503

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