Human gait analysis is a complex problem in biomechanics because of highly nonlinear
human motion equations, muscle dynamics, and foot-ground contact. Despite a large …

Over the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in applications of multibody system
dynamics to the predictive simulation of human movement. Using predictive “what-if” human …

Researchers have explored a variety of neurorehabilitation approaches to restore normal
walking function following a stroke. However, there is currently no objective means for …

The ultimate goal of most neuromusculoskeletal modeling research is to improve the
treatment of movement impairments. However, even though neuromusculoskeletal models …

Multibody musculoskeletal modeling of human gait has been proved helpful in investigating
the pathology of musculoskeletal disorders. However, conventional inverse dynamics …

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) can be used as a neuroprosthesis in which muscles
are stimulated by electrical pulses to compensate for the loss of voluntary movement control …

Organisms have an innate ability to rapidly produce diverse and flexible movement.
Biological motor systems are composed of highly redundant muscle actuators and have …

The coordination of the human musculoskeletal system is deeply influenced by its redundant
structure, in both kinematic and dynamic terms. Noticing a lack of a relevant, thorough …

It has been a long-term dream of roboticist to create a robot that has similar behavior and
appearance to human. With highly redundant joints and actuators, the musculoskeletal …

This article investigates the application of optimal feedback control to trajectory planning in
voluntary human arm movements. A nonlinear model predictive controller (NMPC) with a …