Spring-like leg behaviour, musculoskeletal mechanics and control in maximum and submaximum height human hopping

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1516-1529

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a   Casius, L J Richard ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leg stiffness; Optimal control; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY FLOW; HEIGHT; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION;

HUMULUS;

EID: 79955410042     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0348     Document Type: Article

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