A force-similarity model of the activated muscle is able to predict primary locomotor functions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 912-915

  Kokshenev, Valery B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Muscle allometry; Muscle functions; Scaling; Similarity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

ELASTIC MUSCLE FORCES; FIBER LENGTH; MUSCLE ALLOMETRY; MUSCLE FUNCTIONS; SCALING MODELS;

MUSCLE;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 39649113872     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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