EMG and force production of some human shoulder muscles during isometric abduction.

Surface EMG was recorded in four subjects on three different occasions from the three parts of the deltoid, the clavicular part of the pectoralis major and from the infraspinatus muscles at different angles of abduction, in the frontal and scapular plane. The integrated EMG was related to the maximum values found for each muscle or muscle part during test contractions (%EMG). Linear relations can be seen for abduction angle vs %EMG. During abduction in the scapular plane the middle and posterior parts of the deltoid muscle showed significantly less activity than in the frontal plane. A simple two dimensional model to calculate the deltoid force out of total external moment at the shoulder is presented. For the middle part of the deltoid an EMG-force relation is presented. The maximal deltoid forces found during test contractions are compared with the absolute muscle force. Also, the length-force relation for the middle part of the deltoid muscle is given between 30 degrees and 90 degrees of abduction.

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