Predictions and ecperimental tests of a visco-elastic muscle model using elastic and inertial loads

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1976, Pages 139-145

  Bawa, P ^a   Mannard, A ^a   Stein, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0017287764     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00365524     Document Type: Article

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