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extensor carpi radialis brevis

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extensor carpi radialis brevis
Etymology: L, extendere + Gk, karpos, wrist; L, radius, ray, brevis, short
one of the muscles of the posterior forearm. It inserts into the dorsal surface of the third metacarpal bone and functions to extend the hand and forearm.


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In the neuroprosthesis on his right side, which was the hand used for this specific study, the two electrodes recording voluntary MES activity were placed in the ipsilateral extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) and the ipsilateral trapezius.
Conventional NMES typically uses surface electrodes placed proximally and distally on the extensor carpi radialis longus, extensor carpi radialis brevis, extensor carpi ulnaris, extensor digitorum, and adductor pollicis.
It is the muscles of the forearm that are used to cock the wrist back - extensor carpi radialis brevis ?
 
 
 
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