A Model of Load Sharing Between Muscles and Soft Tissues at the Human Knee During Static Tasks

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Lloyd, D G ^a,b   Buchanan, T S ^a,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; STABILITY;

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; HUMAN KNEE; LOAD SHARING; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOFT TISSUES; STATIC TASKS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

VALGUS;

EID: 0030220530     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796019     Document Type: Article

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