An EMG-driven model to estimate muscle forces and joint moments in stroke patients

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1083-1088

  Shao, Qi ^a   Bassett, Daniel N ^a   Manal, Kurt ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Hill type muscle model; Joint moment; Musculoskeletal model; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINT MOMENTS; ANKLE MOMENTS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-LINE; INVERSE DYNAMICS; JOINT KINEMATICS; JOINT MOMENT; MODEL OUTPUTS; MOVEMENT PATTERN; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; REHABILITATION THERAPY; RMS ERRORS; STROKE PATIENTS; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE;

EID: 71549137444     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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