Forward Dynamics Simulations Provide Insight Into Muscle Mechanical Work During Human Locomotion

• Autores: Richard R. Neptune, Craig P. McGowan, Steven A. Kautz
• Localización: Exercise and sport sciences reviews: a quarterly publication of the American College of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0091-6331, Vol. 37, Nº. 4, 2009, págs. 203-210
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Complex musculoskeletal models and computer simulations can provide critical insight into muscle mechanical work output during locomotion. Simulations provide both a consistent mechanical solution that can be interrogated at multiple levels (muscle fiber, musculotendon, net joint moment, and whole-body work) and an ideal framework to identify limitations with different estimates of muscle work and the resulting implications for metabolic cost and efficiency