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Some anatomical factors affecting the stabilising functions of muscles

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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1926-1967)

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(1) The action of a muscle upon a joint is not independent of the attachment from which it pulls upon the moving bone.

(2) Muscles which are prime movers when acting from their anatomical origins are joint stabilizers when acting from their anatomical insertions, and conversely.

(3) The fibrous tendon sheaths, and the lumbrical and interosseus muscles are joint-stabilizing mechanisms.

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  1. From the Department of Anatomy, University College, Cork

    M. A. MacConaill

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MacConaill, M.A. Some anatomical factors affecting the stabilising functions of muscles. Ir J Med Sci 21, 160–164 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02950588

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