Joint range of motion and mobility of the human torso. Paper presented at the 15th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Coronado, California, November 17-19, 1971

A quantitative description of the mobility of the human torso, including the shoulder girdle, neck, thoracic and lumbar vertebral column, and pelvis has been developed. Major results of this study are prediction equations and graphs describing how the base of the spine reference point moves in relation to defined seated and standing reference points for given reaches.