Relationship between knee joint torque, velocity, and muscle activation: Considerations for musculoskeletal modeling

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-157

  Hawkins, David ^a   Smeulders, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hill model; Muscle; Submaximal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BIOMECHANICS; GONIOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

ELECTROGONIOMETERS; HILL MODEL; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; SUBMAXIMAL STIMULATION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032080763     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.14.2.141     Document Type: Article

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