A simulation study of vertical jumping from different starting postures

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1137-1146

  Selbie, W Scott ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward dynamics; Jumping; Modeling; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE;

JUMPING; POSTURES; SINGLE JOINT TORQUE ACTUATORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATION; HEIGHT; JUMPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0030246116     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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