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    BIOMECHANICS OF THE SHOULDER Hand and Upper Extremity Certification SHOULDER BIOMECHANICS * MOTION (Kinematics) * STABILITY (Constraint) * STRENGTH (Force Transmission) OBJECTIVES * -Introduction * -Review of bone and joints * -Scapulo-humeral rhythm * -Review of muscles and force couples * -Biomechanical applications What does the shoulder do? Shoulder Movement SHOULDER VS. ARM ELEVATION * Note difference in terminology Normal Shoulder AROM Activity

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    The Renaissance and scientific revolution had challenged the medieval concept of scholasticism‚which one accepted authority without question.The enlightenment is normally considered by scholars to be Natural Conclusion of the Renaissance‚ since both were secular in the approaches. The humanistic revival of classical art‚ architecture‚ literature‚ and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. The period of this revival‚ roughly the 14th through the 16th

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    Question 1 The French Revolution and the Enlightenment period are two different events that are credited with the emergence of the science of sociology in Europe. These events occurred in the late 17th century and early 18th century. The French revolution lasted a decade and was characterized with political and social commotion in France and western Europe. It had a significant impact on the society as it changed its structure eliminating the social difference between people in the society. People

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    21 Professor Nelson The enlightenment was crucial in the shaping of the United States. The enlightenment is responsible for shaping the United States in its formative years. Famous articles of history such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were directly affected from the ideas of the Enlightenment. Concepts such as freedom from oppression‚ natural rights‚ and new ways of thinking about governmental structure came straight from Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke and

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    World Literature The Enlightenment’s Impact on the Modern World The Enlightenment‚ Age of Reason‚ began in the late 17th and 18th century. This was a period in Europe and America when mankind was emerging from centuries of ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason‚ science‚ and respect for humanity. This period promoted scientific thought‚ skeptics‚ and intellectual interchange: dismissing superstition‚ intolerance‚ and for some‚ religion. Western Europe‚ Germany‚ France‚ and Great Britain

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    The shoulder is the most complex joint in the body. It is capable of moving in more than 16‚000 positions. Many of its ailments‚ including the most common ones‚ involve biomechanical mechanisms that are unique to the shoulder. The most common shoulder problem for which professional help is sought out for is shoulder impingement (Haig 1996). Shoulder impingement is primarily an overuse injury that involves a mechanical compression of the supraspinatus tendon‚ subacromial bursa‚ and the long head of

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    inevitably leads to either a positive or negative outcome for the researcher. When the result fails to coexist with the original theory the focus of the research begins to shift. Let’s now shift to Kuhn’s focus on the three focus points of factual scientific investigation. First‚ Kuhn states that there is an “attempt to increase the accuracy and scope with which facts like these are known occupy a significant fraction of literature of experimental and observational science. For example‚ Newton’s law

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    way they approached this topic to the scientific community. Firstly‚ Albert’s comment “A groundbreaking discovery is treated as a measurement error simply because scientists are unwilling to question their dogma” is based off of Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions. The current paradigm of this time was that the fastest particle on Earth travels at the speed of light. A paradigm dictates the methods and boundaries regarding what is studied in the scientific community. This proposed discovery defies

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    17—The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought Chapter Overview: The Enlightenment is a movement of people and ideas that fostered the expansion of literate sectors of European society and that economic improvement and political reform were both possible and desirable. Contemporary western political and economic thought is a product of Enlightenment thinking; therefore‚ some historians believe the process of Enlightenment continues today. Inspired by the scientific revolution and prepared

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    The Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth century was a movement made international that was in opposition of religious dogmatism and fanaticism. The Enlightenment had given opportunity for scientific thinking‚ independent from the influences of religion. At its core was the idea of looking to nature and the natural order for deriving knowledge. As a defence against religious conflicts in Europe‚ Enlightenment thinkers supported concepts of religious tolerance and freedom. Their stress

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