Modelling of force production in skeletal muscle undergoing stretch

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1091-1104

  Cole, Gerald K ^a   Van Den Bogert, Anton J ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a   Gerritsen, Karin G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat soleus; Cross bridge; Distribution moment; Force velocity; Hill model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VELOCITY;

ACTIVATED MUSCLE; DISTRIBUTION MOMENT MODEL; ECCENTRIC CONTRACTIONS; FORCE PRODUCTION; FORCE VELOCITY RELATION; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; LENGTHENING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCH; STRETCH VELOCITIES;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; CAT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030221611     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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