Stabilizing function of antagonistic neuromusculoskeletal systems: An analytical investigation

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Wagner, Heiko ^a   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY;

BIARTICULAR FLEXOR MUSCLE GROUP; HILL-TYPE MUSCLE MODEL; KNEEJOINT; NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMS; NEURONAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0041919362     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0403-0     Document Type: Article

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