Abstract
Effectiveness of the multisegmented total-human-body models to predict accurately live human response depends heavily on the proper biomechanical description and simulation of the articulating joints. In these models the shoulder region has been the most challenging for the biomechanician because of the lack of appropriate data and the complicated anatomical nature of the shoulder complex. This paper presents a research program which was developed to collect the resistive force, moment and torque data in the shoulder complex. The research was conducted with some obvious limitations on live human subjects by means of specially designed experimental apparatus which consists of a subject restraint system, a global force applicator (GFA), and an exoskeletal device (ESD). The numerical results are presented for three subjects for the range of motion, for the passive resistive force and moments and for the passive resistive torques about the long bone axis of the upper arm.
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