Forward dynamics simulations provide insight into muscle mechanical work during human locomotion

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Neptune, Richard R ^a   McGowan, Craig P ^a   Kautz, Steven A ^b,c  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Mechanics; Metabolic cost; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; ENERGY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 70349869253     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181b7ea29     Document Type: Review

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