Article History
Received: 24 September 2017
First Online: 20 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The company SportWelding (Schlieren, CH) supported the laboratory cost of this study. The study, however, was performed independently at the biomechanical laboratory of the Department for Trauma Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Twenty-four human thumbs from twelve body donors were used in this study. The bodies were donated by people who had given their written informed consent for their use for scientific and educational purposes prior to death.