Modelling of knee joint muscles during the swing phase of gait - A forward dynamics approach using MATLAB/Simulink

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-107

  Lim, C L ^a   Jones, N B ^a   Spurgeon, S K ^a   Scott, J J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hill's muscle model; Knee model; MATLAB Simulink; Muscle tendon force; Sagittal plane; Swing phase

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

LUMPED PARAMETERS; SAGITTAL PLANES;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642322621     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-190X(02)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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