Modeling of skeletal muscle: The influence of tendon and aponeuroses compliance on the force-length relationship

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Lemos, R R ^a   Epstein, M ^b   Herzog, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Finite element analysis; Muscle architecture; Muscle force length relationship; Muscle modeling

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; MUSCLE FORCE-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP; MUSCLE MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; STRETCHING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 37549067727     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0259-x     Document Type: Article

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