Roles of deltoid and rotator cuff muscles in shoulder elevation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-38

  Liu, J ^b   Hughes, R E ^b   Smutz, W P ^b   Niebur, G ^b   Nan An, K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Deltoid; Moment arms; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TENDONS;

DELTOID; MOMENT ARMS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

EID: 0031039790     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(96)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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