NMClab, a model to assess the contributions of muscle visco-elasticity and afferent feedback to joint dynamics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1659-1667

  Schouten, Alfred C ^a,b   Mugge, Winfred ^a   van der Helm, Frans C T ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afferent feedback; Model; Neuromuscular control; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TENDONS; VISCOELASTICITY;

AFFERENT FEEDBACK; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL; REFLEXES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; LIMB; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; JOINTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 43549105822     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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