Machine learning methods to support personalized neuromusculoskeletal modelling

DJ Saxby, BA Killen, C Pizzolato, CP Carty… - … and Modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
Many biomedical, orthopaedic, and industrial applications are emerging that will benefit from
personalized neuromusculoskeletal models. Applications include refined diagnostics …

Hamstrings force-length relationships and their implications for angle-specific joint torques: a narrative review

E Kellis, AJ Blazevich - BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022 - Springer
Temporal biomechanical and physiological responses to physical activity vary between
individual hamstrings components as well as between exercises, suggesting that hamstring …

Knee abduction moment is predicted by lower gluteus medius force and larger vertical and lateral ground reaction forces during drop vertical jump in female athletes

R Ueno, A Navacchia, CA DiCesare, KR Ford… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Prospective knee abduction moments measured during the drop vertical jump task identify
those at increased risk for anterior cruciate ligament injury. The purpose of this study was to …

A computationally efficient strategy to estimate muscle forces in a finite element musculoskeletal model of the lower limb

A Navacchia, DR Hume, PJ Rullkoetter… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concurrent multiscale simulation strategies are required in computational biomechanics to
study the interdependence between body scales. However, detailed finite element models …

Automated creation and tuning of personalised muscle paths for OpenSim musculoskeletal models of the knee joint

BA Killen, S Brito da Luz, DG Lloyd… - … and Modeling in …, 2021 - Springer
Computational modelling is an invaluable tool for investigating features of human
locomotion and motor control which cannot be measured except through invasive …

Supine leg press as an alternative to standing lunge in high-speed stereo radiography

LD Hamilton, TE Andreassen, C Myers… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The standing lunge is an activity commonly used to quantify in-vivo knee kinematics with
fluoroscopy. The ability to perform the standing lunge varies between subjects and can …

A lower extremity model for muscle-driven simulation of activity using explicit finite element modeling

DR Hume, A Navacchia, PJ Rullkoetter… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A key strength of computational modeling is that it can provide estimates of muscle,
ligament, and joint loads, stresses, and strains through non-invasive means. However …

12 degrees of freedom muscle force driven fibril-reinforced poroviscoelastic finite element model of the knee joint

A Esrafilian, L Stenroth, ME Mononen… - … on Neural Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate knowledge of the joint kinematics, kinetics, and soft tissue mechanical responses is
essential in the evaluation of musculoskeletal (MS) disorders. Since in vivo measurement of …

EMG-informed musculoskeletal modeling to estimate realistic knee anterior shear force during drop vertical jump in female athletes

A Navacchia, R Ueno, KR Ford, CA DiCesare… - Annals of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
The anterior cruciate ligament is the primary structural restraint to tibial anterior shear force.
The anterior force occurring at the knee during landing contributes to anterior cruciate …

Automatic tracking of healthy joint kinematics from stereo-radiography sequences

WS Burton, CA Myers, A Jensen, L Hamilton… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Kinematic tracking of healthy joints in radiography sequences is frequently performed by
maximizing similarities between computed perspective projections of 3D computer models …