How muscle fiber lengths and velocities affect muscle force generation as humans walk and run at different speeds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2150-2160

  Arnold, Edith M ^a   Hamner, Samuel R ^a   Seth, Ajay ^a   Millard, Matthew ^a   Delp, Scott L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Human gait; Muscle architecture; Musculoskeletal model; Plantarflexors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN GAIT; MALE; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTARFLEXORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUNNING; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN GAIT; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; PLANTARFLEXORS; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 84878099495     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.075697     Document Type: Article

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