Contributions of muscles and passive dynamics to swing initiation over a range of walking speeds

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1450-1455

  Fox, Melanie D ^a   Delp, Scott L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Forward dynamic simulation; Knee flexion; Muscle function; Stiff knee gait; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; FORWARD DYNAMIC; KNEE FLEXIONS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; WALKING SPEED;

CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SPEED;

MUSCLE;

ABDUCTION; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; DECELERATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 77952584120     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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