Finite element modeling of passive material influence on the deformation and force output of skeletal muscle

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-183

  Hodgson, John A ^a   Chi, Sheng Wei ^a   Yang, Judy P ^a   Chen, Jiun Shyan ^a   Edgerton, Victor R ^a   Sinha, Shantanu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Muscle contraction; Muscle deformation; Muscle material properties; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC; CRITICAL FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL DEFORMATION; CURRENT MODELS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELASTIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC DISORDERS; HYDROSTATIC MODEL; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; MODELING APPROACH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEFORMATION; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTHS; MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX; NON-UNIFORM STRAIN; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PASSIVE MATERIALS; PASSIVE MATRIX; PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA; PLANE STRAIN CONDITION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

DEFORMATION; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEPARATION; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

ANISOTROPY; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMETRICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84862801069     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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