A two-step EMG-and-optimization process to estimate muscle force during dynamic movement

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1827-1830

  Amarantini, David ^a   Rao, Guillaume ^b   Berton, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cocontraction; Dynamic condition; Electromyography; Min max optimization; Muscle force; Muscle group moments

Indexed keywords

CO-CONTRACTION; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; DYNAMIC CONDITION; DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS; EXISTING METHOD; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; JOINT MOMENT; KNEE JOINT; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FORCE ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); OPTIMIZATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIU MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ALGORITHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77953545930     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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