Virtual Animation of the Kinematics of the Human for Industrial, Educational and Research Purposes Public Report Section

o Manual and Virtual Palpation Instructions (15 Mbs). Limited to the lower limb (last edition: 2003).

o !!! Update Spring 2007: the above report has been extended to the whole body and is now a book (see below):

- Book Info: "COLOR ATLAS OF SKELETAL LANDMARK DEFINITIONS: Guidelines for Reproducible Manual and Virtual Palpations" (ISBN: 978-0443-10315-5), Elsevier, 2007, by Prof. Serge Van Sint Jan.

- The book in summary: “The book covers most skeletal landmarks that are palpable through manual palpation and virtual palpation (i.e., using 3D models generated from medical imaging). Each chapter focuses on a particular bone or segment and includes: a general anatomical presentation of the bone SL (using images showing real specimens and 3D bone models); very detailed descriptions of skeletal landmarks using manual palpation and virtual palpation. These definitions have been written in order to be reproducible. Each section includes detailed descriptions of all palpable skeletal landmarks for the current bone. Each landmark is described on one page. Also each landmark page is labelled by a unique acronym. The latter should be used for further data exchange and programming in order to guarantee that no redundant label exists.”

- Click here to obtain the book.

- Also see here to obtain the related free software for Virtual Palpation rehearsal.

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Last update: 10 March 2007