▪ Abstract Recent interest in using modeling and simulation to study movement is driven by
the belief that this approach can provide insight into how the nervous system and muscles …

Shoulder muscles contribute to both mobility and stability of the glenohumeral joint. To
improve treatments for shoulder instability, we focused on the contribution of the shoulder …

Research Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition, demonstrates the range of available
research techniques and how to best apply this knowledge to ensure valid data collection. In …

Written by the foremost authority on the subject, Kinetics of Human Motion is the sequel and
companion to the 1998 text Kinematics of Human Motion. World-renowned biomechanics …

The finite element method described in this study provides an easy method to simulate the
kinetics of multibody mechanisms. It is used in order to develop a musculoskeletal model of …

BACKGROUND: To assist in the treatment of gait disorders, an inverse and forward 3D
musculoskeletal model of the lower extremity will be useful that allows to evaluate if–then …

Kinematic analysis of the upper extremity has been conducted using a wide variety of
techniques, philosophies, and analytic methods. We describe a simple, marker-based three …

When developing robotic exoskeletons, the design of physical connections between the
device and the human limb to which it is connected is a crucial problem. Indeed, using an …

Almost all computer models of the musculoskeletal system represent muscle geometry using
a series of line segments. This simplification (i) limits the ability of models to accurately …

A finite element musculoskeletal model of the shoulder mechanism consisting of the thorax,
clavicula, scapula and humerus has been used for analysis of the kinematic and dynamic …