Improving the Learning Rate, Accuracy, and Workspace of Reinforcement Learning Controllers for a Musculoskeletal Model of the Human Arm [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2022 Cervical spinal cord injuries frequently cause paralysis of all four limbs - a medical condition known as tetraplegia. Functional electrical stimulation (FES), when combined with an appropriate controller, can be used to restore motor function by ...
Douglas C. Crowder +2 more
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Accuracy of Ground Reaction Force and Muscle Activation Prediction in a Child-Adapted Musculoskeletal Model [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 (1) Background: Significant advances in digital modelling worldwide have been attributed to the practical application of digital musculoskeletal (MS) models in clinical practice.
Kristina Daunoraviciene, Jurgita Ziziene
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Effects of Neutral Postures on Mechanical Properties of Cervical Spine Under Different Gravitational Environments: A Musculoskeletal Model Study [PDF]
LifeThis study used the Anybody musculoskeletal model to investigate the effects of different neutral postures on the cervical spine and its associated muscle mechanical properties in various gravitational environments.
Zhanyang He +6 more
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Lumbar and pelvis movement comparison between cross-court and long-line topspin forehand in table tennis: based on musculoskeletal model [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Introduction: Cross-court and the long-line topspin forehand is the common and basic stroke skill in table tennis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in lumbar and pelvis movements between cross-court and long-line topspin ...
Yuqi He +9 more
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Full body musculoskeletal model for simulations of gait in persons with transtibial amputation. [PDF]
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin, 2023 Willson AM +6 more
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Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2022 Bicycles have been recognized for their advantages such as low environmental impact, health improvement, and maintenance of transportation function in times of disaster, and demand for bicycles is increasing as social conditions change. The pedaling of a
Isamu NISHIDA +3 more
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Modeling and Design of a Spring-loaded, Cable-driven, Wearable Exoskeleton for the Upper Extremity [PDF]
Modeling, Identification and Control, 2015 An approach to the design of wearable exoskeletons on the basis of simulation of the exoskeleton and a human body model is proposed in this paper. The new approach, addressing the problem of physical human-exoskeleton interactions, models and simulates ...
Lelai Zhou +3 more
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Analysis of Musculoskeletal Biomechanics of Lower Limbs of Drivers in Pedal-Operation States
Sensors, 2023 In this study, to establish the biomechanical characteristics of commercial vehicle drivers’ muscles and bones while operating the three pedals, a driver pedal-operation simulator was built, and the real-life situation was reconstructed in OpenSim 3.3 ...
Song Zhang +3 more
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International Clinical Neuroscience Journal, 2020 Background: The central nervous system (CNS) is optimizing arm movements to reduce some kind of cost function. Simulating parts of the nervous system is one way of obtaining accurate information about the neurological and treatment of neuromuscular ...
Fereidoun Nowshiravan Rahatabad
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Adaptive Reference Inverse Optimal Control for Natural Walking With Musculoskeletal Models
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2022 An efficient inverse optimal control method named Adaptive Reference IOC is introduced to study natural walking with musculoskeletal models. Adaptive Reference IOC utilizes efficient inner-loop direct collocation for optimal trajectory prediction along ...
Jiacheng Weng +2 more
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