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BIOMECHANICS OF

THE UPPER LIMBS

Mechanics, Modeling, and

Musculoskeletal Injuries

BIOMECHANICS OF

THE UPPER LIMBS

Mechanics, Modeling, and

Musculoskeletal Injuries

Andris Freivalds

CRC PRESS

Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.

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Freivalds, Andris.

Biomechanics of the upper limbs : mechanics, modeling, and musculoskeletal injuries /

by Andris Freivalds.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7484-0926-2 (alk. paper)

1. Arm--Wounds and injuries. 2. Human mechanics. I. Title.

RD557.F746 2004

617.5

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2004049376

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