Muscle preactivation control: Simulation of ankle joint adjustments at touchdown during running on uneven ground

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 718-725

  Müller, Roy ^a   Siebert, Tobias ^a   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gastrocnemius; Human locomotion; Joint stiffness; Musculoskeletal model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIFFNESS;

ANKLE STIFFNESS; ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLES; GASTROCNEMIUS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN LOCOMOTIONS; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

MUSCLE;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84872729284     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.28.6.718     Document Type: Article

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