Simulation of in situ soleus isometric force output as a function of neural excitation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1455-1462

  Legreneur, Pierre ^a   Morlon, Bernard ^a   Van Hoecke, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Length force relationships; Modelling; Muscle architecture

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE; SIMULATION; TENDONS;

MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; SOLEUS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

EID: 0030296182     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)84541-6     Document Type: Article

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