Recent advances in the orthopedic prostheses design have significantly improved the
quality of life for individuals with orthopedic disabilities. However, there are still critical …

High tibial osteotomy becomes increasingly important in the treatment of cartilage damage
or osteoarthritis of the medial compartment with concurrent varus deformity. HTO produces a …

Musculoskeletal simulations are used in many different applications, ranging from the
design of wearable robots that interact with humans to the analysis of patients with impaired …

Computational modeling and simulation of neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) systems enables
researchers and clinicians to study the complex dynamics underlying human and animal …

Background: The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, noting flaws in previous
running injury research, called for more rigorous prospective designs and comprehensive …

Personalized neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) models can represent the neurological,
physiological, and anatomical characteristics of an individual and can be used to estimate …

Humans typically coordinate their muscles to meet movement objectives like minimizing
energy expenditure. In the presence of pathology, new objectives gain importance, like …

The loads acting in knee joints must be known for improving joint replacement, surgical
procedures, physiotherapy, biomechanical computer simulations, and to advise patients with …

Importance Knee osteoarthritis (OA), a common cause of chronic pain and disability, has
biomechanical and inflammatory origins and is exacerbated by obesity. Objective To …

Muscles are the actuators that drive human movement. However, despite many decades of
work, we still cannot readily assess the forces that muscles transmit during human …