ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B · 2012 · 11 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesBioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringBiomechanicsComputational MechanicsPhysiological Systems ModelingBiomechanical AnalysisBiomechanical ModelingComputational BiomechanicsMuscle MechanicsMusculoskeletal BiomechanicsMusculoskeletal System ModelingBiomechanical SimulationExplicit Time IntegrationMuscle ModelingMuscle Simulation ModelingMusculoskeletal DynamicsMusculoskeletal ModelingNeuromuscular ModelingState-space Equations
Modern biomechanical models often include many degrees of freedom, complex joint geometry, and hundreds of muscles [1]. Such complex models may provide realistic representations of musculoskeletal dynamics, but they require a great deal of time to simulate. The state equations of the muscles are frequently the stiffest numerical element in a biomechanical model and determine the simulation time. Here we introduce a muscle model that generates similar forces as a conventional muscle model, but requires fewer explicit integration steps.