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The paper presents a kinematic model of the linkage that models the human upper limb and which is used for the kinematic analysis. To achieve that goal Catia software and its features were used. The paper presents the steps to be followed and the results provided by the simulation of that spatial mechanical structure. We have been able to show the angles, the angular velocities, the angular accelerations for different input motions suitable to reveal the activity of the most important muscles of the human upper limb.
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Mereuta, E., Tudoran, M., Ganea, D., Mereuta, C. (2014). Virtual Model for Kinematic Analysis of Human Upper Limb. In: Visa, I. (eds) The 11th IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01845-4_17
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