Leg stiffness primarily depends on ankle stiffness during human hopping

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Farley, Claire T ^a   Morgenroth, David C ^a  

^a Dept Integrative Biol 3060 V ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hopping; Motor control; Muscle; Running; Spring mass model; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS;

HOPPING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033106176     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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