Estimation of musculotendon kinematics in large musculoskeletal models using multidimensional B-splines

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 595-601

  Sartori, Massimo ^a,b   Reggiani, Monica ^a   van den Bogert, Antonie J ^c   Lloyd, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Orchard Kinetics LLC   (United States)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multidimensional spline interpolation; Muscle force; Muscle moment arm; Musculoskeletal modeling; Musculotendon length

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MOMENT ARM; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELING; MUSCULOTENDON LENGTH; SPLINE INTERPOLATION;

ACTUATORS; ESTIMATION; MUSCLE; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INTERPOLATION;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENDON SHEATH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENDONS;

EID: 84856027611     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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