Virtual muscle: A computational approach to understanding the effects of muscle properties on motor control

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-130

  Cheng, Ernest J ^a,b   Brown, Ian E ^a   Loeb, Gerald E ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Sapient Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Matlab; Muscle; Neurophysiology; Simulation; Simulink

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOFTWARE; TENDONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034666225     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00258-2     Document Type: Article

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