Adjustment of muscle mechanics model parameters to simulate dynamic contractions in older adults

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-77

  Thelen, Darryl G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

MUSCLE FORCES;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TENDON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0037291934     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1531112     Document Type: Article

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