Hill muscle model errors during movement are greatest within the physiologically relevant range of motor unit firing rates

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-218

  Perreault, Eric J ^a   Heckman, Charles J ^b   Sandercock, Thomas G ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cat soleus; Hill model; Muscle modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

CROSSED-EXTENSION REFLEX (CXR);

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037302987     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00332-9     Document Type: Article

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