A model for lever-arm length calculation of the flexor and extensor muscles at the ankle

Gait and Posture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 220-229

  Leardini, Alberto ^a   O'Connor, John J ^b  

^a Movement Analysis Laboratory   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle complex; Centre of rotation; Four bar linkage; Lever arm; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATION; WALKING;

EID: 0036252957     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00153-9     Document Type: Article

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