Subject-specific knee joint geometry improves predictions of medial tibiofemoral contact forces

P Gerus, M Sartori, TF Besier, BJ Fregly, SL Delp… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Estimating tibiofemoral joint contact forces is important for understanding the initiation and
progression of knee osteoarthritis. However, tibiofemoral contact force predictions are …

Greater muscle co‐contraction results in increased tibiofemoral compressive forces in females who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

LC Tsai, S McLean, PM Colletti… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals who have undergone ACL reconstruction (ACLR) have been shown to have a
higher risk of develo** knee osteoarthritis (OA). The elevated risk of knee OA may be …

Lower extremity EMG-driven modeling of walking with automated adjustment of musculoskeletal geometry

AJ Meyer, C Patten, BJ Fregly - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Neuromusculoskeletal disorders affecting walking ability are often difficult to manage, in part
due to limited understanding of how a patient's lower extremity muscle excitations contribute …

Current perspectives on the biomechanical modelling of the human lower limb: a systematic review

M Silva, B Freitas, R Andrade, O Carvalho… - … Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
The purpose of this systematic review is to report the characteristics and methods utilized in
human lower limb or knee joint only biomechanical models to provide state-of-the-art …

Alterations of generic musculoskeletal models to incorporate realistic knee joint and muscle geometry for biomechanical analyses during healthy gait: A narrative …

S Giri, RP Tewari - International Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - inderscienceonline.com
The knee is an important weight-bearing 6-degree-of-freedom (DOF) joint that is essential
for stable locomotion. However, the majority of lower limb musculoskeletal (MSK) models …

Improving musculoskeletal model scaling using an anatomical atlas: the importance of gender and anthropometric similarity to quantify joint reaction forces

Z Ding, CK Tsang, D Nolte… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The accuracy of a musculoskeletal model relies heavily on the implementation of
the underlying anatomical dataset. Linear scaling of a generic model, despite being time …

Increasing hip and knee flexion during a drop-jump task reduces tibiofemoral shear and compressive forces: Implications for ACL injury prevention training

LC Tsai, YA Ko, KE Hammond… - Journal of sports …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Although most ACL injury prevention programmes encourage greater hip and knee flexion
during landing, it remains unknown how this technique influences tibiofemoral joint forces …

Feasibility of using MRIs to create subject-specific parallel-mechanism joint models

SB da Luz, L Modenese, N Sancisi, PM Mills… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Musculoskeletal models typically use generic 2D models for the tibiofemoral (TFJ) and
patellofemoral (PFJ) joints, with a hinge talocrural joint (TCJ), which are scaled to each …

Increased hip and knee flexion during landing decreases tibiofemoral compressive forces in women who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

LC Tsai, CM Powers - The American journal of sports …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Those who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR)
have been shown to exhibit increased muscle co-contraction, decreased knee flexion, and …

A subject-specific EMG-driven musculoskeletal model for applications in lower-limb rehabilitation robotics

Q Ai, B Ding, Q Liu, W Meng - International Journal of Humanoid …, 2016 - World Scientific
Robotic devices have great potential in physical therapy owing to their repeatability,
reliability and cost economy. However, there are great challenges to realize active control …