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Equivalent biomechanical characteristics of human ankle-joint muscles have been determined by impact and vibration tests. The estimate of the stiffness and damping coefficients has yielded, respectively, (2.67±0.48)×104 N·m−1 and (811.58±201.3) N·s·m−1 by impact actions,n=126; (1.49±0.35)×104 N·m−1 and (430.1±36.1) N·s·m−1 — by vibration actions,n=7. The characteristics of the ankle-joint muscles of subjects representing different kinds of sports have proved to be different.
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Aruin, A.S., Zatsiorsky, V.M. Biomechanical characteristics of human ankle-joint muscles. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 52, 400–406 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00943370
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