The inclusion of hyoid muscles improve moment generating capacity and dynamic simulations in musculoskeletal models of the head and neck

• Jonathan D. Mortensen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jon.Mortensen@utah.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3343-6831

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• Anita N. Vasavada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America, Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America, Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

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• Andrew S. Merryweather

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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