Validation of a subject specific 3-actuator torque-driven model in human vertical jumping

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:4883-6. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347088.

Abstract

In this study, a forward dynamic subject specific 3-actuator torque-driven model of the human musculoskeletal system was created based on measurements of individual characteristics of a subject. Simulation results were compared with experimental vertical squat jumping with and without adding weights. By analyzing kinematic and kinetic experimental data at the instant of the toe-off for the same initial conditions, it was shown that a simple computer simulation using a suitable cost function could reproduce the real task performed by humans. This investigation is the first step in a wider project that will incorporate elastic components, and that will evaluate the advantages of the individual subject approach in modeling.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Joints / physiology*
  • Leg / physiology*
  • Models, Biological*
  • Muscle Contraction / physiology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
  • Torque
  • Torso / physiology*