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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2011 Mar 12;44(7):1246–1252. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.02.073

Table 2.

Upper extremity muscle definitions and group abbreviations. Muscles were grouped based on a combination of anatomical location and muscle function (identified from the segment power analysis).

Muscle Origin Insertion
ADELT
 Anterior Deltoid Clavicle Humerus
MDELT
 Middle Deltoid Scapula Humerus
PDELT
 Posterior Deltoid Scapula Humerus
PECM
 Pectoralis Major, clavicular head Clavicle Humerus
 Pectoralis Major, sternal head 1 Thorax Humerus
 Pectoralis Major, sternal head 2 Thorax Humerus
 Corachobrachialis Scapula Humerus
LAT
 Teres Major Scapula Humerus
 Lattissimus Dorsi 1 Thorax Humerus
 Lattissimus Dorsi 2 Thorax Humerus
 Lattissimus Dorsi 3 Thorax Humerus
SUBSC
 Subscapularis Scapula Humerus
INFSP
 Infraspinatus Scapula Humerus
TMIN
 Teres Minor Scapula Humerus
SUPSP
 Supraspinatus Scapula Humerus
BRD
 Brachoradialis Humerus Radius
 Brachialis Humerus Ulna
BIC
 Biceps Brachii, short head Scapula Radius
 Biceps Brachii, long head Scapula Radius
TRIlat
 Anconeus Humerus Ulna
 Triceps Brachii, Lateral Humerus Ulna
 Triceps Brachii, Medial Humerus Ulna
TRIlong
 Triceps Brachii, Long Head Scapula Ulna
SUP
 Supinator Ulna Radius
PT
 Pronator Quadratus Ulna Radius
 Pronator Teres Humerus Radius