Maximum voluntary joint torque as a function of joint angle and angular velocity: Model development and application to the lower limb

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3105-3113

  Anderson, Dennis E ^a   Madigan, Michael L ^a,b,c   Nussbaum, Maury A ^b,c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b Medical Center Boulevard   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Force length; Force velocity; Joint torque; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; BIOACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETERS; MUSCLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITION MEASUREMENT; TORQUE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMIC ACTIVITIES; KNEE EXTENSION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; VOLUNTARY JOINTS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; DEVELOPMENT; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35148839610     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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