Predictions of co-contraction depend critically on degrees-of-freedom in the musculoskeletal model

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1145-1152

  Jinha, Azim ^a,b   Ait Haddou, Rachid ^a,c   Herzog, Walter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agonist; Antagonist; Force sharing; Movement control; Muscle; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANTAGONIST; FORCE-SHARING; MOVEMENT CONTROL;

MUSCLE;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; GONIOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33645065109     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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