Wrist dynamics in the posteroanterior plane: model and experiments
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor's Name
Diana M. Rincon
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Sabri Tosunoglu
Third Advisor's Name
Richard T. Schoephoerster
Date of Defense
12-6-2001
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to create and validate mathematical model of the human wrist. The validated model can be useful in the quantification of dynamic effects on wrist injuries.
A model of the wrist based on elements modeling soft tissue as viscoelastic materials was generated. An algorithm based on the fourth order Runge-Kutta method extended to multiple coupled ordinary differential equations written in Matlab® was used to solve the system of coupled ordinary differential equations defining the model. The model was first validated based on results found in the literature for static models. A simple experiment was then developed and used to validate experimentally the results obtained from the model.
Force transmission increased significantly when dynamic loads were analyzed. The results of this study exposed the limitation for static models to characterize the wrist behavior.
Identifier
FI15101424
Recommended Citation
Forero, Juan, "Wrist dynamics in the posteroanterior plane: model and experiments" (2001). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3337.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3337
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