A musculoskeletal model of the human lower extremity: The effect of muscle, tendon, and moment arm on the moment-angle relationship of musculotendon actuators at the hip, knee, and ankle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 157-169

  Hoy, Melissa G ^a,b   Zajac, Felix E ^a,b   Gordon, Michael E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - MUSCLE; MECHANICS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL GEOMETRY; MUSCULOTENDON ACTUATOR MOMENT; MUSCULOTENDON ACTUATORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; TENDON;

ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HIP JOINT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TENDONS;

EID: 0025246134     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(90)90349-8     Document Type: Article

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