Neuromusculoskeletal modeling: Estimation of muscle forces and joint moments and movements from measurements of neural command

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-395

  Buchanan, Thomas S ^a   Lloyd, David G ^b   Manal, Kurt ^a   Besier, Thor F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMG; Hill model; Musculotendon complex; Pennation angle; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BRAIN MODELS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

JOINT MOMENTS; MUSCLE FORCES; NEURAL SIGNALS;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; KNEE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE MEMBRANE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 8644285417     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.20.4.367     Document Type: Review

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