The Force Generation in a Two-Joint Arm Model: Analysis of the Joint Torques in the Working Space

The two-segment model of the human arm is considered; the shoulder and elbow joint torques (JTs) are simulated, providing a slow, steady rotation of the force vector at any end-point of the horizontal working space. The sinusoidal waves describe the JTs, their periods coincide with that of the rotation, and phases are defined by the slopes of the correspondent lines from the joint axes to the end-point. Analysis of the JTs includes an application of the same discrete changes in one joint angle under fixation of the other one and vice versa; the JT pairs are compared for the “shoulder” and “elbow” end-point traces that pass under fixation of the elbow and shoulder angles, respectively. Both shifts between the sinusoids and their amplitudes are unchanged along the “shoulder” traces, whereas these parameters change along the “elbow” ones. Therefore, if we consider a combined action of both JTs acting at the proximal and distal joints, we can assume that for the end-point transitions along the “shoulder,” and “elbow” traces this action possesses isotropic and anisotropic properties, respectively. The model also determines the patterns of the torques of coinciding and opposing directions (TCD, TOD), which would evoke a simultaneous loading of the elbow and shoulder muscles with the coinciding or opposing function (flexors, extensors). For a complete force vector turn, the relationship between the TCD and TOD remains fixed in transitions at the “shoulder” end-point traces, whereas it is changing at the “elbow” ones.

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