Sentence examples for use of passive stiffness from inspiring English sources
Typically, classical shock isolation relies on the use of passive stiffness elements to absorb energy by deformation and some damping mechanism to dissipate residual vibration.
Continuous measurement of passive stiffness in the calf muscle complex throughout the ankle joint ROM has reliably been obtained using an instrumented footplate which is rhythmically oscillated within the limits of dorsiflexion and plantarflexion.
Also, a comparative study to investigate the performance of passive stiffness and semi-active stiffness dampers for torsionally coupled building has not been done so far.
There is debate regarding the relative contribution of passive stiffness and stretch tolerance to hamstring extensibility.
Finally, the two measures of passive stiffness were based on the slope through the common range of motion (20 to 50° hip flexion) and the maximal applied torque.
The purpose of this study was to determine the concurrent validity as well as the intra- and inter-examiners reliabilities of clinical measures used to assess hip passive stiffness during internal rotation.
In this study we showed that the pendulum test of Wartenberg can be used to estimate changes of passive knee stiffness and viscosity in patients with RA.
The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare measures of hamstring extensibility, passive stiffness, and stretch tolerance between men and women, 2) to examine the relationship between passive stiffness and stretch tolerance with hamstring extensibility within each sex.
Collagen extracellular matrix is one of the factors related to high passive stiffness of cardiac muscle.
The most straightforward of these models describe only the behavior of the nonneural components of hypertonia, such as passive stiffness [ 55] and viscosity [ 56].
Passive stiffness of the gastroc-soleus and weakness of the tibialis anterior are probably better predictors of limited dorsiflexion in terminal swing than spasticity [ 70].
