Identification of time-varying stiffness dynamics of the human ankle joint during an imposed movement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-85

  Kirsch, Robert F ^a,b   Kearney, Robert E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Joint stiffness; Stretch reflex; System identification; Time varying; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; REFLEX, STRETCH; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0031002225     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005625     Document Type: Article

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