Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 100-103 , January 2010

A dynamic model of quadriceps and hamstrings function

  • C. Frigo

      Affiliations

    • Movement Biomechanics and Motor Control, TBM Lab, Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 2399 3346/9009; fax: +39 02 2399 3360/9000.
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  • E.E. Pavan

      Affiliations

    • Movement Biomechanics and Motor Control, TBM Lab, Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Golgi 39, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • R. Brunner

      Affiliations

    • Neuro-Orthopaedic Department, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • Laboratory for Movement Analysis, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 27 August 2009 ,Accepted 12 September 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00619-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.006

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 100-103 , January 2010

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