An EMG-driven biomechanical model that accounts for the decrease in moment generation capacity during a dynamic fatigued condition

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rao, Guillaume ^a,b   Berton, Eric ^a   Amarantini, David ^c   Vigouroux, Laurent ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; EMG; Frequency shift; Muscle fatigue; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; EMG AMPLITUDE; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; FREQUENCY SHIFT; FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENTS; JOINT MOMENT; MEAN FREQUENCY; MOMENT GENERATION; MUSCLE FATIGUES; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MOMENTS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY;

BIOMECHANICS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; JOINT MOBILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES;

EID: 77955101961     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001383     Document Type: Article

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