Table 6.
Mean peak force along all three axes for the wrist, elbow and glenohumeral joints. Force is presented as a percentage of the subject’s body weight (%BW), along with standard deviation (SD).
Joint | Magnitude of Lateral (+) / Medial (−) Joint Forces | ||||
Max Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Min Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Force Range (%BW) | |
Wrist | 5.9 (1.1) | 14.2% (4.9) | −1.0 (0.3) | 95.7% (4.7) | 6.9 (1.2) |
Elbow | 7.0 (1.0) | 14.8% (4.6) | −2.2 (0.6) | 96.4% (5.2) | 9.2 (1.2) |
Glenohumeral | 8.4 (1.5) | 19.1% (14.3) | −1.6 (0.5) | 96.5% (4.0) | 10.1 (1.5) |
Magnitude of Anterior (+) / Posterior (−) Joint Forces | |||||
Max Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Min Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Force Range (%BW) | |
Wrist | 6.6 (0.4) | 30.1% (4.8) | −1.1 (0.3) | 81.9% (8.4) | 7.7 (0.4) |
Elbow | 6.3 (1.1) | 22.0% (8.3) | −1.5 (0.5) | 76.9% (4.4) | 7.7 (1.1) |
Glenohumeral | 4.8 (0.7) | 24.0% (13.9) | −5.2 (0.7) | 83.6% (7.9) | 10.0 (0.8) |
Magnitude of Superior (+) / Inferior (−) Joint Forces | |||||
Max Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Min Force (%BW) | % Cycle Timing | Force Range (%BW) | |
Wrist | 3.8 (1.5) | 19.8% (3.6) | −0.6 (0.3) | 21.8% (18.1) | 4.5 (1.7) |
Elbow | 3.3 (0.4) | 92.2% (8.8) | −3.8 (0.5) | 31.8% (3.7) | 7.1 (0.6) |
Glenohumeral | 9.6 (1.7) | 20.1% (3.5) | 1.4 (0.6) | 61.5% (10.1) | 8.1 (1.8) |