Putting the shoulder to the wheel: A new biomechanical model for the shoulder girdle

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 33, Issue , 1997, Pages 412-417

  Levin, Stephen M ^a  

^a Potomac Back Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fuller; Icosahedron; Models; Shoulder; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CLAVICLE; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RIB; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0031419887     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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