Biomechanical modeling for the estimation of muscle forces: toward a common language in biomechanics, medical engineering, and neurosciences

E Mathieu, S Crémoux, D Duvivier… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Different research fields, such as biomechanics, medical engineering or neurosciences take
part in the development of biomechanical models allowing for the estimation of individual …

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 …

Electrode size and placement for surface emg bipolar detection from the brachioradialis muscle: A scoping review

A Merlo, MC Bo, I Campanini - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The brachioradialis muscle (BRD) is one of the main elbow flexors and is often assessed by
surface electromyography (sEMG) in physiology, clinical, sports, ergonomics, and …

Prediction of ankle dorsiflexion moment by combined ultrasound sonography and electromyography

Q Zhang, K Kim, N Sharma - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To provide an effective and safe therapy to persons with neurological impairments, accurate
determination of their residual volitional ability is required. However, accurate measurement …

A conceptual blueprint for making neuromusculoskeletal models clinically useful

BJ Fregly - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ultimate goal of most neuromusculoskeletal modeling research is to improve the
treatment of movement impairments. However, even though neuromusculoskeletal models …

Functional and morphological changes in the deep lumbar multifidus using electromyography and ultrasound

S Zhang, Y Xu, X Han, W Wu, Y Tang, C Wang - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Surface electromyography (sEMG) studies have indicated that chronic low back pain (cLBP)
involves altered electromyographic activity and morphological structure of the lumbar …

Modeling muscle function using experimentally determined subject-specific muscle properties

JM Wakeling, C Tijs, N Konow, AA Biewener - Journal of biomechanics, 2021 - Elsevier
Muscle models are commonly based on intrinsic properties pooled across a number of
individuals, often from a different species, and rarely validated against directly measured …

Application of ultrasound imaging to subject-specific modelling of the human musculoskeletal system

E Passmore, A Lai, M Sangeux, AG Schache… - Meccanica, 2017 - Springer
Ultrasound imaging is relatively inexpensive, does not involve ionising radiation, and
requires much shorter scan times compared with other imaging modalities such as magnetic …

Determining the online measurable input variables in human joint moment intelligent prediction based on the hill muscle model

B Xiong, N Zeng, Y Li, M Du, M Huang, W Shi, G Mao… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Human joint moment is a critical parameter to rehabilitation assessment and
human-robot interaction, which can be predicted using an artificial neural network (ANN) …

Ultrasound-based subject-specific parameters improve fascicle behaviour estimation in Hill-type muscle model

P Gerus, G Rao, E Berton - Computer methods in biomechanics …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The estimation of muscle fascicle behaviour is decisive in a Hill-type model as they are
related to muscle force by the force–length–velocity relationship and the tendon force–strain …