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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pai DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2957906 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Most current models of musculoskeletal dynamics lump a muscle's mass with its body segment, and then simulate the dynamics of these body segments connected by joints. As shown here, this popular approach leads to errors in the system's inertia matrix and hence in all aspects of the dynamics. Two simplified mathematical models were created to capture the relevant features of monoarticular and biarticular muscles, and the errors were analyzed. The models were also applied to two physiological exam ...[more]