An EMG-to-force processing approach for determining ankle muscle forces during normal human gait

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-310

  Bogey, R A ^a   Perry, J ^b   Gitter, A J ^c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TENDONS;

ANKLE MUSCLE FORCES; JOINT MOMENTS; LIMBS; TENDON FORCE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM TO FORCE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GAIT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 26244461781     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.851768     Document Type: Article

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