Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 16 , Pages 3570-3579 , 2007

Inter-joint coupling effects on muscle contributions to endpoint force and acceleration in a musculoskeletal model of the cat hindlimb

  • Keith W. van Antwerp

      Affiliations

    • The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, 313 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322-0535, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Burkholder

      Affiliations

    • School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Lena H. Ting

      Affiliations

    • The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, 313 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322-0535, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +14048945216.

,Accepted 4 June 2007.

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PII: S0021-9290(07)00262-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.06.001

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 16 , Pages 3570-3579 , 2007

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