Monte Carlo-based musculoskeletal modeling suggests passive tissue afferents have optimal role in promoting knee stability

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2499-2500

  Dhaher, Y Y ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Periarticular tissue afferents

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SERVOMOTORS;

KNEE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELING; PERIARTICULAR TISSUE AFFERENTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 0036916193     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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