The EMG-Force Model of Electrically Stimulated Muscle: Dependence on Control Strategy and Predominant Fiber Composition

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-34, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 692-703

  Solomonow, Moshe ^a   Baratta, Richard ^a   Zhou, Bing He ^a,b   Shoji, Hiromu ^a   D’Ambrosia, Robert D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023404553     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1987.325994     Document Type: Article

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