DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the development of gloves, several key elements are utilized in the design.
First, on the dorsal side of the glove, the motion zones are determined by the center axis of rotation of the individual thumb, finger, hand, and wrist joints.
These motion zones have been applied to specific joint locations for the particular uses of a designed glove.
This helps the flexibility of the glove in relationship to its use.
As such, the motion zones are selected in various combinations or even individually depending on the specific task or function of the glove.
Secondly, on the palm side of the glove there are additional motion zones.
Again, these motion zones, which also function to decrease glove impedance and improve the breath-ability of the glove, are located specifically in relationship to the center axis of rotation of the finger joints.
Thirdly, again on the palm side of the glove, there are specific areas of padding.
The location of the padding is determined by the bone and joint anatomy of the hand, fingers, and thumb.
For the hand, the palm pad is placed above the center axis of rotation of the wrist (i.
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, just above or distal to the hook of the hamate) and just below the center axis of rotation of the metacarpal heads.
These bony landmarks are actually quite prominent in relationship to the surface of the hand.
By placing the pads between the bony prominences, these areas of the hand are unloaded.
The type of pad chosen for the palm is specific to its function.
Other applications require some adjustments to the pad, but the basic premise still remains to unload the bony prominences of the hand in relationship to the required object to be held.
The pads for the fingers are placed again between the bony prominences of each specific finger bone (phalanx).
The individual pads of the digits are placed over the relatively flat portion of the phalanx and as such, between the joints that are present on each side of the respective phalanx.
The pad does not cover the area near the center axis of rotation
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