Stability analysis of nonlinear muscle dynamics using contraction theory

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 4986-4989

  Richardson, Andrew G ^a,b   Tresch, Matthew C ^d   Bizzi, Emilio ^a,c   Slotine, Jean Jacques E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed control; Muscle; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MUSCLE DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 33846924790     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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