Patient-specific gait pattern in individuals with patellofemoral instability reduces knee joint loads

B Guggenberger, B Horsak, A Habersack, A Kruse… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Patellofemoral instability is influenced by morphological factors and associated with
compensational alterations in gait pattern. Recent simulation studies investigated the impact …

[HTML][HTML] Increased knee flexion in participants with cerebral palsy results in altered stresses at the distal femoral growth plate compared to a typically developing …

W Koller, E Wallnöfer, J Holder, A Kranzl, G Mindler… - Gait & Posture, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Femoral deformities are highly prevalent in children with cerebral palsy (CP)
and can have a severe impact on patients' gait abilities. While the mechanical stress regime …

Did Energy Costs of Walking Limit the Evolution of a Larger Human Birth Canal?

E Stansfield, C Egner, P Mitteroecker, H Kainz - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Energetic disadvantages of a wider pelvis have long been central to explanations of the
small human birth canal and the relatively risky birth process, iconic for antagonistic …

Femoral bone growth predictions based on personalized multi-scale simulations: Validation and sensitivity analysis of a mechanobiological model

W Koller, M Svehlik, E Wallnoefer, A Kranzl, G Mindler… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Musculoskeletal function is pivotal to long-term health. However, various patient groups
develop torsional deformities, leading to clinical, functional problems. Understanding the …

Neuromusculoskeletal modeling in health and disease

H Kainz, A Falisse, C Pizzolato - Brazilian Journal of Motor …, 2024 - socibracom.com
This opinion paper provides an overview of musculoskeletal modeling, revealing insights
into muscle-tendon kinematics, forces, and joint contact forces during dynamic movements …

IMU-based joint axis identification method for arbitrary joints in OpenSim-a simulation study

I Wechsler, J Shanbhag, S Wartzack, AD Koelewijn… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
In musculoskeletal simulation, individualized joint axes enhance the accuracy and reliability
of kinematic and kinetic simulation results. We investigated the correctness and performance …