Lumbar spinal muscle activation synergies predicted by multi-criteria cost function

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 733-740

  Stokes, Ian A F ^a   Gardner Morse, Mack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Human trunk; Lumbar spine; Muscles; Neuromuscular control; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BUCKLING; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SPINAL STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034911733     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(01)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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