A dynamic neuromuscular model for describing the pendulum test of spasticity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-184

  He, Jiping ^a,d   Norling, William R ^b   Wang, Yang ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Computational BioSystems ^*  (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d Drexelbrook Engineering Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; dynamics; gain; muscle; pendulum test; posture; spasticity; stiffness; stretch reflex; threshold

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

NEUROMUSCULAR MODEL; PENDULUM TEST; POSTURE; SPASTICITY; STRETCH REFLEX;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; SPASTICITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS;

EID: 0031106694     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554764     Document Type: Article

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