Three-dimensional surface geometries of the rabbit soleus muscle during contraction: Input for biomechanical modelling and its validation

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1205-1220

  Böl, Markus ^a   Leichsenring, Kay ^b   Weichert, Christine ^a   Sturmat, Maike ^a   Schenk, Philipp ^b   Blickhan, Reinhard ^b   Siebert, Tobias ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Model validation; Muscle data set; Muscle geometry; Rabbit soleus muscle; Three dimensional geometry

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY;

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; DATA SET; MODEL VALIDATION; MUSCLE DATA SET; MUSCLE GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RABBIT SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURFACE GEOMETRIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS;

EID: 84896691859     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-013-0476-1     Document Type: Article

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