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  2. Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson - Wikipedia

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    Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson (born 1972) is a former electrician from Iceland who lost both arms while working on the job. [1] [2] At the age of 48, Guðnundur Felix received world's first double-arm and shoulder transplant from doctors in France. [1] The transplant was deemed successful. [3]

  3. High-intensity training - Wikipedia

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    Unlike traditional workout routines that emphasize long hours in the gym, HIT principles require short but highly intense workouts. Exercises are performed with a high level of effort, or intensity, where it is thought that it will stimulate the body to produce an increase in muscular strength and size.

  4. High-intensity interval training - Wikipedia

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    [43] [44] Research from Rutgers University demonstrated that the knees, shoulders, and ankles were the most commonly involved injuries. More specifically, knee and ankle sprains were very common. Based on that, neuromuscular training and pre-strengthening programs are recommended to improve flexibility , particularly before exercise.

  5. Pectoral muscles - Wikipedia

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    It serves to flex, extend, and rotate the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm. Pectoralis minor is a thin, triangular muscle located beneath the pectoralis major. It attaches to the ribs, and serves to stabilize the scapula , the large bone of the shoulder.

  6. Axilla - Wikipedia

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    The axilla (pl.: axillae or axillas; also known as the armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the shoulder joint.It includes the axillary space, an anatomical space within the shoulder girdle between the arm and the thoracic cage, bounded superiorly by the imaginary plane between the superior borders of the first rib, clavicle and scapula (above which are ...

  7. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Upper Limb, Arm, Posterior compartment, right/left long head: infraglenoid tubercle of scapula lateral head: posterior humerus (above radial sulcus) medial head: posterior humerus - (below radial sulcus) olecranon of ulna: deep artery of arm: radial nerve: extends forearm, adducts shoulder (long head). medial head does not function at shoulder.

  8. Rotator cuff - Wikipedia

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    Avoiding movement of the shoulder joint allows the torn tendon to fully heal. [24] Once the tendon is entirely recovered, passive exercises can be implemented. Passive exercises of the shoulder are movements in which a physical therapist maintains the arm in a particular position, manipulating the rotator cuff without any effort by the patient ...

  9. Rotator cuff tear - Wikipedia

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    The shoulder joint is made up of three bones: the shoulder blade (scapula), the collarbone (clavicle) and the upper arm bone (humerus). The acromion is a bony process at the end of the scapula The shoulder is a complex mechanism involving bones, ligaments , joints , muscles , and tendons .