Analytic analysis of the force sharing among synergistic muscles in one- and two-degree-of-freedom models

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1423-1432

  Binding, Paul ^a   Jinha, Azim ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle plantar flexion; Cat; Force sharing; Knee flexion; Muscle force; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION;

ANKLE PLANTARFLEXION; KNEE FLEXION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034333754     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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