Soft tissue artifacts are commonly considered the most troublesome source of error in measurements of human motion carried out using stereo-photogrammetry. Researchers attempted to estimate he amount of soft tissue artifacts during various motor tasks and therefore tried to reduce their effects on joint kinematics. Two main approaches can be identified: those making use of models operating at a body segment level and those making use of multi-link body models. In both cases, numerous approaches are limited by the reduced subjectspecificity of the soft tissue artifacts model. Given the high intersubject variability of soft tissue artifacts, it is probable that the most successful methods will be those that compensate for soft tissue artifacts using subject specific models.
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