The influence of muscle physiology and advanced technology on sports performance

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-107

  Neptune, Richard R ^a   McGowan, Craig P ^a   Fiandt, John M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Modeling and simulation; Muscle properties; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MODELING; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIN INSIGHT; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MUSCLE FIBER TYPES; MUSCLE PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; SPORTS PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; SPREADSHEETS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

MUSCLE;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; CLOTHING; CYCLING; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE; REVIEW; RUNNING; SIMULATION; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPORT INJURY; SWIMMING POOL; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 67651154473     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-061008-124941     Document Type: Review

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