The effect of muscle stiffness and damping on simulated impact force peaks during running

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 849-856

  Nigg, Benno M ^a   Liu, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force peak; Impact; Muscle tuning; Running; Wobbling mass

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

FORCE PEAK; MUSCLE STIFFNESS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RUNNING; SHOES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032990995     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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