The relationships between muscle, external, internal and joint mechanical work during normal walking

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 738-744

  Sasaki, Kotaro ^a   Neptune, Richard R ^b   Kautz, Steven A ^c,d  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Musculoskeletal model; Musculotendon work; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 62849095844     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023267     Document Type: Article

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