Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 73-84 , January 2001

Glenohumeral mechanics: A study of articular geometry, contact, and kinematics

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☆ This study was supported in part by a Career Development Award from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (PI: E.L.F.) and by a Bristol Meyers/Squibb Zimmer Center of Excellence grant.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Dr Van C. Mow, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Black Building, Room 1412, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.

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doi: 10.1067/mse.2001.111959

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 73-84 , January 2001

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