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Title: Mathematical modeling of the human knee joint

Abstract

A model was developed to determine the forces exerted by several flexor and extensor muscles of the human knee under static conditions. The following muscles were studied: the gastrocnemius, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and the set of quadricep muscles. The tibia and fibula were each modeled as rigid bodies; muscles were modeled by their functional lines of action in space. Assumptions based on previous data were used to resolve the indeterminacy.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
576761
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-114972-5
ON: DE97009099; TRN: 98:000866-0014
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Is Part Of SERS internship fall 1995 abstracts and research papers; Davis, B., 321 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; MUSCLES; TIBIA; MAN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION

Citation Formats

Ricafort, Juliet. Mathematical modeling of the human knee joint. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/576761.
Ricafort, Juliet. Mathematical modeling of the human knee joint. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/576761
Ricafort, Juliet. 1996. "Mathematical modeling of the human knee joint". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/576761. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/576761.
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abstractNote = {A model was developed to determine the forces exerted by several flexor and extensor muscles of the human knee under static conditions. The following muscles were studied: the gastrocnemius, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and the set of quadricep muscles. The tibia and fibula were each modeled as rigid bodies; muscles were modeled by their functional lines of action in space. Assumptions based on previous data were used to resolve the indeterminacy.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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