Table 1. Average segmental contribution to the joint force in acceleration phase (N). Data are means (±SD).
Movement (+/-) Advanced Intermediate
Open Square Open Square
Peak values
Shoulder back/fore -11.63 (4.55) -9.62 (4.44) -10.84 (7.27) -19.78 (6.47)
right/left 25.95 (4.13) 29.81 (3.60) 35.03 (8.83) 37.47 (5.05)
up/down 33.98 (1.99) 29.81 (2.67) 35.42 (5.47) 33.27 (2.37)
Elbow back/fore 6.64 (2.50) 4.27 (.79) 13.74 (3.27) 12.94 (2.95)
right/left 5.82 (2.06) 4.32 (1.82) 3.07 (2.64) 9.88 (3.78)
up/down 22.72 (1.65) 25.49 (4.02) 33.13 (8.09) 31.58 (4.30)
Wrist back/fore 9.52 (2.37) 8.76 (1.04) 16.99 (3.67) 19.58 (3.34)
right/left -10.10 (2.23) -10.35 (2.45) -12.13 (5.77) -15.60 (4.22)
up/down 17.92 (1.02) 19.88 (3.53) 24.65 (5.82) 26.41 (5.01)
Variations
Shoulder back/fore 21.13 (14.72) 25.33 (15.75) 31.98 (13.21) 25.18 (6.45)
right/left 16.42 (7.62) 14.67 (3.64) 24.03 (9.35) 20.66 (14.83)
up/down 11.25 (6.23) 16.26 (13.38) 15.67 (6.49) 16.42 (8.84)
Elbow back/fore 9.68 (6.32) 7.47 (4.20) 11.37 (4.21) 10.97 (7.48)
right/left 11.85 (10.99) 15.78 (7.91) 24.68 (7.84) 19.97 (8.33)
up/down 11.63 (6.83) 12.15 (3.34) 18.48 (4.75) 16.58 (14.08)
Wrist back/fore 8.47 (5.06) 6.50 (3.70) 10.06 (5.18) 11.34 (7.56)
right/left 11.37 (3.28) 7.92 (1.94) 9.33 (4.96) 11.76 (5.47)
up/down * 13.55 (7.18) 14.04 (6.66) 22.45 (4.14) 20.86 (6.36)
* p < 0.05 (Intermediate > Advanced).