A physiologically based criterion for muscle force predictions on locomotion.
A quantitative method of muscle activity prediction is presented which uses a criterion of maximum endurance of musculoskeletal function and is based on the inversely nonlinear relationship of muscle force and contraction endurance. The results obtained through the use of this method agree more closely with known patterns of muscle activity, as revealed by electromyography, than do those obtained by most linear optimization techniques.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology