On a phenomenological model for fatigue effects in skeletal muscles

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-132

  Böl, Markus ^a   Stark, Heiko ^b   Schilling, Nadja ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Micromechanical modelling; Muscle activation; Muscle fatigue; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; FATIGUE; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79958062485     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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