A Kinematic Technique for Describing Wrist Joint Motion: Analysis of Configuration Space Plots

This paper describes an experimental method for determining the minimum number of degrees of freedom of a human joint. Application of this technique to the wrist suggests that the normal, intact wrist joint uses only two degrees of freedom to move in a plane that is not aligned with the anatomic planes. The technique may be useful in identifying emerging joint pathologies and in simplifying kinematic models of joint function.

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