Opensim full-body model for athletes with a running-specific below the knee prosthesis
To date, there is no comprehensive open-source tool to provide movement analysis of athletes using a running-specific prosthesis (RSP) with a below the knee amputation (BKA) to enable the calculation of corresponding inverse kinematics and dynamics. A combination of physical measurements, 2D imagery, 3D motion capture data and geometrical calculations were used to create a musculoskeletal full-body OpenSim model with subject-specific BKA structures. The model was able to reproduce athlete`s joint angles and joint moments of the lower extremities while allowing for movement comparison to non-amputee athletes. The model provides a motion analysis tool for athletes with a RSP in an open-source environment, providing qualitatively similar results to previous research, and lays the foundation for more insights into BKA athletes` muscle activity and acting muscle forces.
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| Notations: | sports for the handicapped technical and natural sciences |
| Tagging: | Prothese Kinematik Kinetik |
| Published in: | ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42: Iss. 1 |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/194/ |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 194 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |