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Optimization Problem Formulation for Predicting Knee Muscle and Contact Forces during Gait
XIV International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics
  • Gil Serrancolí, University of Catalonia
  • Jonathan P. Walter, University of Florida
  • Allison Kinney, University of Dayton
  • Benjamin J. Fregly, University of Florida
  • Josep M. Font-Llagunes, University of Catalonia
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
8-1-2013
Abstract

The human body has more muscles than degrees of freedom (DOF), which leads to indeterminacy in the muscle force calculation. In this study, an optimization problem to estimate the lower-limb muscle forces during a gait cycle of a patient wearing an instrumented knee prosthesis is formulated. It consists of simulating muscle excitations in a physiological way while muscle parameters are calibrated.

Inclusive pages
70-71
Document Version
Published Version
Comments

The document is made available for download pending permission from the publisher. Permission documentation is on file.

This study was funded in part by NIH grant R01EB009351.

Publisher
Technical Group on Computer Simulation
Place of Publication
Natal, Brazil
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Citation Information
Gil Serrancolí, Jonathan P. Walter, Allison Kinney, Benjamin J. Fregly, et al.. "Optimization Problem Formulation for Predicting Knee Muscle and Contact Forces during Gait" XIV International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/allison_kinney/28/