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Scalable musculoskeletal model for dynamic simulations of lower body movement.

Ali NasrJohn McPhee
Published in: Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering (2024)
A musculoskeletal (MSK) model is an important tool for analysing human motions, calculating joint torques during movement, enhancing sports activity, and developing exoskeletons and prostheses. To enable biomechanical investigation of human motion, this work presents an open-source lower body MSK model. The MSK model of the lower body consists of 7 body segments (pelvis, left/right thigh, left/right leg, and left/right foot). The model has 20 degrees of freedom (DoFs) and 28 muscle torque generators (MTGs), which are developed from experimental data. The model can be modified for different anthropometric measurements and subject body characteristics, including sex, age, body mass, height, physical activity, and skin temperature. The model is validated by simulating the torque within the range of motion (ROM) of isolated movements; all simulation findings exhibit a good level of agreement with the literature.
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