Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 309-314 , June 1999

Effect of different arm loads on the position of the scapula in abduction postures

  • Jurriaan H. de Groot

      Affiliations

    • The Laboratory of Man-Machine Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, State University Leiden, P.O. Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: degroot@rulsfb.leidenuniv.nl
    • ,
  • Wilbert van Woensel

      Affiliations

    • Research Group of Kinesiology, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, State University of Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frans CT van der Helm

      Affiliations

    • The Laboratory of Man-Machine Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Received 11 May 1998 ,Accepted 30 October 1998.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 309-314 , June 1999

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