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This study set out to analyze compensatory mechanisms that could maintain glenohumeral joint stability following rotator cuff tears of varying severity during normal daily life, using a musculoskeletal model simulation of rotator cuff tears. Fifteen healthy males performed 6 activities including shoulder flexion and abduction, contralateral shoulder reaching, head reaching, and lifting a 1\u2009kg object placed on low and high shelves. Glenohumeral joint stability and scapulohumeral muscle forces were estimated using an intact model and 7 models with complex injuries to the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and subscapularis muscles. Joint stability was quantified using the positional relationship between joint reaction force and the glenoid. Relationships between changes in glenohumeral joint stability and scapulohumeral muscle forces, in the different models, were analyzed. Glenohumeral joint stability decreased in all activities according to rotator cuff tear severity. 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