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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2011 Jan;29(1):58–61. doi: 10.1002/jor.21213

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Testing Apparatus

1. Actuator with potentiometer;

2. Load transducer (F2) connected to the proximal end of the III FDS tendon;

3. Specimen;

4. Three Fingers (index, middle and ring);

5. Retianculum;

6. Three fingers (index, middle and ring) FDP tendons;

7. Load transducer (F1) connected to the distal end of the III FDS tendon;

8. Three 2-Newton weights attached to the FDS tendons;

9. Three 1-Newton weights attached to the FDP tendons;

10. External fixator to control the wrist angle;

11. Catheter with a three-stopcock;

12. Sphygmomanometer;

13. Syringe