Use of an EMG-driven biomechanical model to study virtual injuries

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1917-1923

  Manal, Kurt ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Coordination; Hill type; Moment; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 28044453549     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000176685.35442.6b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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