Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1273-1277 , September 2002

A rheological motor model for vertebrate skeletal muscle in due consideration of non-linearity

  • Yohjiro Tamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Suzuka National College of Technology, Shiroko-cho, Suzuka 510-0294, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-593-86-1031; fax: +81-593-87-0338
    • ,
  • Masami Saito

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Electronics and Information Engineering, Suzuka National College of Technology, Shiroko-chu, Suzuka 510-0294, USA

,Accepted 8 May 2002.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1273-1277 , September 2002

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