Sentence examples for joints of the upper from inspiring English sources

The joints of the upper extremities have no menisci, no extra padding of the kind you find in the knees.

Musculoskeletal disorders associated with computer use span the joints of the upper extremity.

In adults, different features of NP such as pericranial muscle tenderness, myofascial referred pain from neck muscles, and the dysfunction of the joints of the upper cervical spine have been associated with headache [3, 4].

Muscle strength was evaluated daily in all joints of the upper and lower extremities using the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale from postoperative day 1 to ICU discharge and at hospital discharge.

Different approaches to the principal joints of the upper limb (shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers), lower limb (hip, knee, ankle and foot) as well as the facet joints of the spine are discussed and illustrated with numerous drawings.

This paper presents a review of current state-of-the-art dynamic systems for quantifying the kinematics and kinetics of the joints of the upper extremities during Lofstrand crutch-assisted gait.

Remove the lower ball joint first by setting up the ball joint press with a receiver cup bigger than the ball joint on the upper part of the ball joint, and the forcing screw on the bottom part of the ball joint.

OCRA's technical action, which corresponds to ULRA's cycle phase, is defined as a complex movement to complete a work task involving more than one joint of the upper limb.

Compared to other questionnaires for the functional evaluation of the shoulder, e.g. the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DASH), which was developed to be used in patients with any disorder in any joint of the upper limbs, the ASES is more joint-specific instrument and therefore, more responsive and effective as a shoulder research tool [ 13].

The inclusion criteria of this study include: first-ever stroke, at least 6 months' poststroke, demonstration of Brunnstrom stage III or higher for the proximal part of the affected upper limb [ 31], no serious cognitive deficits (score >24 on the Mini Mental-State Exam) [ 32], and no excessive spasticity at any joint of the upper limb (score of ≤2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale) [ 33].

Three computational procedures for deriving joint centers of the upper arm (elbow and shoulder), individual finger segments, and individual vertebras are then presented three body structural units for which conventional derivation methods are inapplicable.