The influence of maximum isometric muscle force scaling on estimated muscle forces from musculoskeletal models of children with cerebral palsy

Three-dimensional gait analysis is used in the treatment decision-making process in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Most conventional gait models are limited to joint kinematics and kinetics analysis [1]. Musculoskeletal models (e.g. OpenSim [2]) are as reliable as the conventional models in estimating joint kinematics and kinetics [3] and have the advantage of enabling additional analyses, e.g. muscle-tendon length and force estimation [4]. However, only a small number of studies have analyzed muscle forces during walking in children with CP.
Source: Gait and Posture - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research