Defining feasible bounds on muscle activation in a redundant biomechanical task: Practical implications of redundancy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1363-1368

  Sohn, M Hongchul ^a   McKay, J Lucas ^b   Ting, Lena H ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat hindlimb; Motor control; Muscle redundancy; Musculoskeletal model

Indexed keywords

FORCE MAGNITUDE; HIND LIMBS; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

BIOMECHANICS; REDUNDANCY;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HINDLIMB; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84876338568     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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