Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 341-347 , May 2009

Transient analysis of trunk response in sudden release loading using kinematics-driven finite element model

  • B. Bazrgari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, P.O. Box 6079, Station “Centre-ville”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7
    • ,
  • A. Shirazi-Adl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, P.O. Box 6079, Station “Centre-ville”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • M. Parnianpour

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Received 27 August 2008 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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PII: S0268-0033(09)00030-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.02.002

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 341-347 , May 2009

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