An insight on multiscale tendon modeling in muscle-tendon integrated behavior

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 505-517

  MacEri, Franco ^a   Marino, Michele ^a   Vairo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fixed end contraction; Hill type modeling of muscle tendon unit; Nanomechanics of collagen molecule; Tendon mechanics; Tendon nonlinear multiscale modeling; Training effects on tendon mechanics

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MOLECULES; MUSCLE;

COLLAGEN MOLECULES; FIXED ENDS; FIXED-END CONTRACTION; HILL-TYPE MODELING OF MUSCLE-TENDON UNIT; HILL-TYPE MODELS; MULTISCALE MODELING; NANOMECHANIC OF COLLAGEN MOLECULE; TENDON MECHANICS; TENDON NONLINEAR MULTISCALE MODELING; TRAINING EFFECT ON TENDON MECHANIC; TRAINING EFFECTS;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84861096996     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0329-8     Document Type: Article

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