The need for muscle co-contraction prior to a landing

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Yeadon, M R ^a   King, M A ^a   Forrester, S E ^a   Caldwell, G E ^b   Pain, M T G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Ground reaction forces; Torque

Indexed keywords

CO-ACTIVATION; CO-CONTRACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLIGHT PHASE; FORCE PLATE; FORCE-VELOCITY; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; JOINT TORQUES; MUSCLE CO-CONTRACTION; OPTIMISATIONS; RAPID CHANGES; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CRIME; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MUSCLE; SHRINKAGE; SIMULATORS; TORQUE;

LANDING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RUNNING; SPORTS; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 72249122363     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.058     Document Type: Article

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