GLENOHUMERAL STABILIZING MECHANISM

A TWODIMENSIONAL COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDY BASED ON PAUWELS' STRESS DISTRIBUTION THEORY OF A CONCAVE ARTICULAR JOINT

Abstract

Although many authors have described the mechanism of shoulder movements, there are little published reports on the stress distribution at the glenohumeral joint in abduction (3). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the glenohumeral stabilizing mechanism for isometric abduction in the “scapular plane” (4) using two-dimensional computer simulation based on Pauwels' stress distribution theory of a concave articular joint (6).