Comparison of two methods for computing abduction moment arms of the rotator cuff

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-160

  Hughes, Richard E ^a   Niebur, Glen ^a   Liu, Jain ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Biomechanics; Moment arms; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; CALCULATIONS; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

ABDUCTION; MOMENT ARMS; ORIGIN INSERTION METHOD; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON EXCURSION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345367427     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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