OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement.

ABSTRACT: Movement is fundamental to human and animal life, emerging through interaction of complex neural, muscular, and skeletal systems. Study of movement draws from and contributes to diverse fields, including biology, neuroscience, mechanics, and robotics. OpenSim unites methods from these fields to create fast and accurate simulations of movement, enabling two fundamental tasks. First, the software can calculate variables that are difficult to measure experimentally, such as the forces generated by muscles and the stretch and recoil of tendons during movement. Second, OpenSim can predict novel movements from models of motor control, such as kinematic adaptations of human gait during loaded or inclined walking. Changes in musculoskeletal dynamics following surgery or due to human-device interac

SUBMITTER: Seth A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061994 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature