ESTIMATION OF KNEE EXTENSION MOMENT CONSIDERING VELOCITY EFFECT AND MUSCLE ACTIVATION USING TENDON SLACK LENGTH OPTIMIZATION

Authors

  • H.W. Uhm
  • W.E. Lee
  • Y. Nam

Keywords:

tendon slack length, optimization, EMG, knee joint moment

Abstract

This study presents a model to estimate knee extension moment considering muscle velocity effect and muscle activation. The muscle tendon force is very sensitive to the tendon slack length. To predict tendon slack length, exact muscle parameters of a human are needed. But it is difficult to measure all of the muscle parameters from human body. So we propose the algorithm which finds the tendon slack length of quadriceps for more accurate estimation of knee extension moment. Finally considering muscle velocity effect and muscle activation, knee extension moment is estimated. Algorithm was embodied by MATLAB optimization toolbox. And it is evaluated by using an experimental data.

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Issue

27 International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2009)

Section

Methodology

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