Ten steps to becoming a musculoskeletal simulation expert: a half-century of progress and outlook for the future

SD Uhlrich, TK Uchida, MR Lee, SL Delp - Journal of biomechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past half-century, musculoskeletal simulations have deepened our knowledge of
human and animal movement. This article outlines ten steps to becoming a musculoskeletal …

Biomechanical models in the lower-limb exoskeletons development: A review

V Firouzi, A Seyfarth, S Song, O von Stryk… - Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
Lower limb exoskeletons serve multiple purposes, like supporting and augmenting
movement. Biomechanical models are practical tools to understand human movement, and …

MyoSim: Fast and physiologically realistic MuJoCo models for musculoskeletal and exoskeletal studies

H Wang, V Caggiano, G Durandau… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the restrictions of live experimentation, musculoskeletal simulation models play a
key role in biological motor control studies and investigations. Successful results of which …

The effects of incline level on optimized lower-limb exoskeleton assistance: A case series

PW Franks, GM Bryan, R Reyes… - … on Neural Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For exoskeletons to be successful in real-world settings, they will need to be effective across
a variety of terrains, including on inclines. While some single-joint exoskeletons have …

Modelling the interaction between wearable assistive devices and digital human models—A systematic review

D Scherb, S Wartzack, J Miehling - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Exoskeletons, orthoses, exosuits, assisting robots and such devices referred to as wearable
assistive devices are devices designed to augment or protect the human body by applying …

Simulating muscle-level energetic cost savings when humans run with a passive assistive device

JP Stingel, JL Hicks, SD Uhlrich… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Connecting the legs with a spring attached to the shoelaces, called an exotendon, can
reduce the energetic cost of running, but how the exotendon reduces the energetic burden …

How knee muscles and ground reaction forces shape knee buckling and ankle push-off in neuromuscular simulations of human walking

A Buchmann, B Kiss, A Badri-Spröwitz, D Renjewski - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Ankle push-off is important for efficient, human-like walking, and many prosthetic devices
mimic push-off using motors or elastic elements. The knee is extended throughout the …

Bioinspired Design and Control of BATEX, An Exosuit With Biarticular Compliant Actuators

A Davoodi, M Iranikhah, A Ahmadi… - IEEE/ASME …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A more human-compatible design of exosuits provides new aspects in assisting people. This
study presents a novel bioinspired method to design and control an exosuit to support …

Tap** Into Skeletal Muscle Biomechanics for Design and Control of Lower Limb Exoskeletons: A Narrative Review

ZS Mahdian, H Wang, MIM Refai… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Lower limb exoskeletons and exosuits (“exos”) are traditionally designed with a strong focus
on mechatronics and actuation, whereas the “human side” is often disregarded or minimally …

Forward dynamics simulation of a simplified neuromuscular-skeletal-exoskeletal model based on the CMA-ES optimization algorithm: framework and case studies

W **, J Liu, Q Zhang, X Zhang, Q Wang, J Xu… - Multibody System …, 2024 - Springer
The modeling and simulation of coupled neuromusculoskeletal-exoskeletal systems play a
crucial role in human biomechanical analysis, as well as in the design and control of …