STATISTICAL DATA BASE FOR THE BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN SHOULDER COMPLEX - I: KINEMATICS OF THE SHOULDER COMPLEX.

In the last two decades, several multi-segmented mathematical models of the total-human-body have appeared in the literature. While these models can handle very sophisticated load-motion situations, their effectiveness depends heavily on the proper biomechanical description and simulation of the major articulatiang joints of the human body. This paper establishes a statistical data base for the shoulder complex sinus of the male population of ages 18-32. Estimates for the population mean and standard deviation as well as their confidence are presented. The results are expressed in functional expansion form relative to a locally defined joint axis system as well as relative to the torso-fixed coordinate system in the form of globographic representation.