Should tendon and aponeurosis be considered in series?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2020-2025

  Epstein, Marcelo ^a   Wong, Max ^b   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetics; Muscle modeling; Parallel elastic elements; Series elastic elements; Work loops

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC ENERGY; ENERGETICS; FREE-BODY DIAGRAMS; MUSCLE MODELING; PARALLEL ELASTIC ELEMENTS; SERIES ELASTIC ELEMENTS; SKELETAL MUSCLES; WORK LOOPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

TENDONS;

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; TENDONS;

EID: 33745818386     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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