Research Article

Theoretical Hill-Type Muscle and Stability: Numerical Model and Application

Table 1

Muscle parameters ( , , , ) determined in experiments (see reference) and muscle model parameters ( , ), respectively, calculated (see the appendix).

Muscle [N] [m/s] [N] [m] Reference

Piglet gastrocnemius 3.0 0.015 30.0 0.015 0.003 2200 [17]
Cat soleus 4.8 0.042 21.0 0.033 0.011 620 [18]
Cat tenuissimus 0.05 0.057 0.18 0.032 0.600 4 [19]
Rat gastrocnemius 2.68 0.042 13.4 0.013 0.167 386 [20]
Rat tibialis anterior 4.3 0.053 4.3 0.027 0.076 162 [19]
Frog sartorius 0.18 0.012 0.67 0.031 0.287 72 [19]