The rising importance of movement analysis led to the development of more complex
biomechanical models to describe in detail the human motion patterns. The models scaled …

Over the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in applications of multibody system
dynamics to the predictive simulation of human movement. Using predictive “what-if” human …

Most clinical gait laboratories use the conventional gait analysis model. This model uses a
computational method called Direct Kinematics (DK) to calculate joint kinematics. In contrast …

We explored the tibiofemoral contact forces and the relative contributions of muscles and
external loads to those contact forces during various gait tasks. Second, we assessed the …

Abnormal hip joint contact forces (HJCF) are considered a primary mechanical contributor to
the progression of hip osteoarthritis (OA). Compared to healthy controls, people with hip OA …

The majority of musculoskeletal modelling studies investigating healthy populations use
generic models linearly scaled to roughly match an individual's anthropometry. Generic …

Finite element (FE) models have been widely used to investigate knee joint biomechanics.
Most of these models have been developed to study adult knees, neglecting pediatric …

Background and objective Musculoskeletal modeling and simulations of movement have
been increasingly used in orthopedic and neurological scenarios, with increased attention to …

Biofeedback assisted rehabilitation and intervention technologies have the potential to
modify clinically relevant biomechanics. Gait retraining has been used to reduce the knee …

The geometrical representation of muscles in computational models of the musculoskeletal
system typically consists of a series of line segments. These muscle anatomies are based on …