RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIVE LENGTHS OF THE BONES OF THE FINGERS OF THE HUMAN HAND Export

@article{hamilton2002, abstract = {The study assessed whether a relationship existed between the lengths of the phalanges of the fingers of the hand. The centres of rotation of the joints in each finger were determined by dissection of cadaveric hands. Using these data, the distances between the joint centres was determined on anteroposterior hand X-rays taken for clinical purposes. The study has shown that, for all the fingers, there is a ratio of 1 for the distance between the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joint and the distance between the proximal interphalangeal joint and the finger tip. The ratio for the distances between the interphalangeal joints and the distal joint and the tip approximates to 1.3 for the index, middle and ring fingers and to 1.0 for the little finger. No evidence was found to support Littler's hypothesis that the interarticular distances of the finger follow the Fibonacci sequence. }, author = {Hamilton, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {4067284}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/jhsb.2002.0822}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0266-7681(02)90822-3}, doi = {10.1054/jhsb.2002.0822}, issn = {02667681}, journal = {The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand}, keywords = {anatomie, hand, handdaten, segmentlngen}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {546--548}, posted-at = {2009-02-18 12:41:54}, priority = {3}, title = {RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIVE LENGTHS OF THE BONES OF THE FINGERS OF THE HUMAN HAND}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/jhsb.2002.0822}, volume = {27}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - hamilton2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4067284 N2 - The study assessed whether a relationship existed between the lengths of the phalanges of the fingers of the hand. The centres of rotation of the joints in each finger were determined by dissection of cadaveric hands. Using these data, the distances between the joint centres was determined on anteroposterior hand X-rays taken for clinical purposes. The study has shown that, for all the fingers, there is a ratio of 1 for the distance between the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joint and the distance between the proximal interphalangeal joint and the finger tip. The ratio for the distances between the interphalangeal joints and the distal joint and the tip approximates to 1.3 for the index, middle and ring fingers and to 1.0 for the little finger. No evidence was found to support Littler's hypothesis that the interarticular distances of the finger follow the Fibonacci sequence. IS - 6 JF - The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand SN - 02667681 EP - 548 TI - RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIVE LENGTHS OF THE BONES OF THE FINGERS OF THE HUMAN HAND VL - 27 SP - 546 KW - anatomie KW - hand KW - handdaten KW - segmentlngen AU - Hamilton, R PY - 2002/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/jhsb.2002.0822 ER -