scholarly journals OpenSim Versus Human Body Model: A Comparison Study for the Lower Limbs During Gait

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 496-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Falisse ◽  
Sam Van Rossom ◽  
Johannes Gijsbers ◽  
Frans Steenbrink ◽  
Ben J.H. van Basten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Sagittal Plane ◽  
Joint Kinematics ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Muscle Forces ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Human Movements ◽  
Joint Center

Musculoskeletal modeling and simulations have become popular tools for analyzing human movements. However, end users are often not aware of underlying modeling and computational assumptions. This study investigates how these assumptions affect biomechanical gait analysis outcomes performed with Human Body Model and the OpenSim gait2392 model. The authors compared joint kinematics, kinetics, and muscle forces resulting from processing data from 7 healthy adults with both models. Although outcome variables had similar patterns, there were statistically significant differences in joint kinematics (maximal difference: 9.8° [1.5°] in sagittal plane hip rotation), kinetics (maximal difference: 0.36 [0.10] N·m/kg in sagittal plane hip moment), and muscle forces (maximal difference: 8.51 [1.80] N/kg for psoas). These differences might be explained by differences in hip and knee joint center locations up to 2.4 (0.5) and 1.9 (0.2) cm in the posteroanterior and inferosuperior directions, respectively, and by the offset in pelvic reference frames of about 10° around the mediolateral axis. The choice of model may not influence the conclusions in clinical settings, where the focus is on interpreting deviations from the reference data, but it will affect the conclusions of mechanical analyses in which the goal is to obtain accurate estimates of kinematics and loading.

Correction of Posture Deviations in the Sagittal Plane Using the Pilates Method

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Alexandru Cîtea ◽  
George-Sebastian Iacob
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Postural Control ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Sagittal Plane ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Pilates Method ◽  
The Relationship

Posture is commonly perceived as the relationship between the segments of the human body upright. Certain parts of the body such as the cephalic extremity, neck, torso, upper and lower limbs are involved in the final posture of the body. Musculoskeletal instabilities and reduced postural control lead to the installation of nonstructural posture deviations in all 3 anatomical planes. When we talk about the sagittal plane, it was concluded that there are 4 main types of posture deviation: hyperlordotic posture, kyphotic posture, rectitude and "sway-back" posture.Pilates method has become in the last decade a much more popular formof exercise used in rehabilitation. The Pilates method is frequently prescribed to people with low back pain due to their orientation on the stabilizing muscles of the pelvis. Pilates exercise is thus theorized to help reactivate the muscles and, by doingso, increases lumbar support, reduces pain, and improves body alignment.

A New Method to Concentrate Electromagnetic Field Within ROI Using a High Dielectric Material in 3T Body MRI

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bu S. Park ◽  
Sunder S. Rajan ◽  
Leonardo M. Angelone
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Dielectric Materials ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
High Dielectric

We present numerical simulation results showing that high dielectric materials (HDMs) when placed between the human body model and the body coil significantly alter the electromagnetic field inside the body. The numerical simulation results show that the electromagnetic field (E, B, and SAR) within a region of interest (ROI) is concentrated (increased). In addition, the average electromagnetic fields decreased significantly outside the region of interest. The calculation results using a human body model and HDM of Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) show that the mean local SAR was decreased by about 56% (i.e., 18.7 vs. 8.2 W/kg) within the body model.

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE EFFECT ON TMR RECORDING HEAD: A FLEX ON SUSPENSION CAPACITANCE APPROACH

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (17) ◽  
pp. 3586-3590 ◽  
Author(s):  
NUTTACHAI JUTONG ◽  
APIRAT SIRITARATIWAT ◽  
DUANGPORN SOMPONGSE ◽  
PORNCHAI RAKPONGSIRI
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Electrostatic Discharge ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Recording Head ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Recording Heads ◽  
First Time

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) effects on GMR recording heads have been reported as the major cause of head failure. Since the information density in hard-disk drives has dramatically increased, the GMR head will be no longer in use. The tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) read heads are initially introduced for a 100 Gbit/in2 density or more. Though the failure mechanism of ESD in GMR recording heads has not been explicitly understood in detail, a study to protect from this effect has to be done. As the TMR head has been commercially started, the ESD effect must be considered. This is the first time that the TMR equivalent circuit has been reported in order to evaluate the ESD effect. A standard human body model (HBM) is discharged across R+ and R- where the capacitances of flex on suspension (FOS) are varied. It is intriguingly found that the electrical characteristics of the TMR head during the discharge period depend on the discharge position. This may be explained in terms of the asymmetry impedance of TMR by using adapted Thevenin's theory. The effect of FOS components on TMR recording heads is also discussed.

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