Torque action of two-joint muscles in the swing period of stiff-legged gait: A forward dynamic model analysis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 835-840

  Riley, Patrick O ^a   Kerrigan, D Casey ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; TENDONS; TORQUE;

STIFF-LEGGED GAIT;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TENDON; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE;

EID: 0032168465     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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