Biomechanics modeling of the musculoskeletal apparatus: Status and key issues

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-738

  Viceconti, Marco ^a   Testi, Debora ^a   Taddei, Fulvia ^a   Martelli, Saulo ^a   Clapworthy, Gordon J ^b   Van Sint Jan, Serge ^c  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational biomechanics; In silico humans; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICA; TISSUE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS; LIVING HUMAN MODEL; MULTISCALE MODELING; MUSCULOSKELETAL APPARATUS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 33845772020     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2006.871769     Document Type: Article

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