Human leg model predicts ankle muscle-tendon morphology, state, roles and energetics in walking

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Krishnaswamy, Pavitra ^a   Brown, Emery N ^a,b   Herr, Hugh M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; REDUNDANCY; REDUNDANT MANIPULATORS;

ANKLE MUSCLES; COMMON FEATURES; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN LEGS; JOINT MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLES; NEURAL CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL REALIZATION; STANDING PROBLEMS;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WALKING; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; LEG; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANKLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WALKING;

EID: 79953645462     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001107     Document Type: Article

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