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ArticleHealthcare technology letters2024

Parameter estimation of a model describing the human fingers.

Panagiotis Tsakonas, Evans Neil, Joseph Hardwicke, Michael J Chappell

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Article in Healthcare technology letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. A framework for quantifying the mechanics of dexterous grasp.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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Panagiotis TsakonasSchool of Engineering University of Warwick Coventry UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-7425
Evans NeilSchool of Engineering University of Warwick Coventry UK.
Joseph HardwickeInstitute of Applied & Translational Technologies in Surgery University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry UK.
Michael J ChappellSchool of Engineering University of Warwick Coventry UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this paper is twofold: firstly, to provide a novel mathematical model that describes the kinematic chain of motion of the human fingers based on Lagrangian mechanics with four degrees of freedom and secondly, to estimate the model parameters using data from able-bodied individuals. In the literature there are a variety of mathematical models that have been developed to describe the motion of the human finger. These models offer little to no information on the underlying mechanisms or corresponding equations of motion. Furthermore, these models do not provide information as to how they scale with different anthropometries. The data used here is generated using an experimental procedure that considers the free response motion of each finger segment with data captured via a motion capture system. The angular data collected are then filtered and fitted to a linear second-order differential approximation of the equations of motion. The results of the study show that the free response motion of the segments is underdamped across flexion/extension and ad/abduction.

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biomechanicsHilbert transformsimage motion analysiskinematicsmotion estimation

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PMID38370164
PMCPMC10869888

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