Static torque-angle relation of human elbow joint estimated with artificial neural network technique

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-554

  Uchiyama, Takanori ^a   Bessho, Tomoyuki ^b   Akazawa, Kenzo ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle; Elbow; EMG; Flexor; Torque

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TORQUE;

ELBOW JOINT ANGLE; HUMAN ELBOW; INTEGRATED ELECTROMYOGRAMS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TORQUE;

EID: 0032096460     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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