The biomechanics of pathological gait - from muscle to movement

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Stewart, Caroline ^a   Shortland, Adam P ^b  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle; Musculoskeletal modelling; Simulation; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 78651403532     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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