An EMG-driven musculoskeletal model to estimate muscle forces and knee joint moments in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 765-776

  Lloyd, David G ^a   Besier, Thor F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMG driven model; Knee biomechanics; Musculoskeletal model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); TENDONS;

KNEE MOVEMENTS;

MUSCLE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DYNAMICS; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENDON;

EID: 0038368884     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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