Workshop on OpenSim Moco, a New Software Providing Optimal Control Methods for Simulation Biomechanics
July 28, 2019
ISB TGCS Symposium, Alberta, Canada
The OpenSim team will be running a workshop
at the
17th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics (TGCS 2019) to introduce OpenSim Moco, a new software package for solving common problems in simulation biomechanics, including tracking simulations, predictive simulations,
and muscle-redundancy problems. Moco leverages the
OpenSim software’s existing modeling capabilities and enables researchers without numerical methods expertise to apply state-of-the-art optimal control methods to their simulations.
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New Full-Body Model for Simulating Lifting Motions Now Available
Erica Beaucage-Gauvreau from the University of Adelaide and colleagues have developed and made freely available their new model for estimating lower lumbar spine loads during lifting tasks.
The model was validated through comparisons with experimental electromyography, reported intradiscal pressures, and reported vertebral body implant measurements. The
associated publication describing this work appeared in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
in February 2019.
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New OpenSim Fellows Offer Expertise to Community in Modeling of Muscle Redundancy, Knee Modeling, and Experimental Techniques For Simulations
Our
OpenSim Fellows Program cultivates and engages a community of OpenSim experts who collectively advance the field of neuro-musculoskeletal modeling and simulation.
These individuals expand OpenSim’s impact, helping to train the next generation of researchers and serving as consultants or new collaborators on projects needing modeling and simulation expertise. We are pleased to announce that Dominic Farris and Dimitar
Stanev have been selected as our newest Fellows.
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Dominic Farris is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and a past NCSRR Visiting Scholar. He is an
expert in experimental ultrasound imaging methods to generate
in vivo measures of muscle strains, and surface or intramuscular electromyography. He has experience using these techniques to determine model inputs and validate simulation results.
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Dimitar Stanev is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Patras in Greece. His research focuses on methods development to handle
muscle redundancy in modeling and simulation and also on knee modeling with application to osteoarthritis, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and total knee replacement.
Learn more about Dr. Farris, Dr. Stanev,
and the other OpenSim Fellows
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Joy P. Ku, PhD
Project Manager,
SimTK
Director of Communications & Training,
NCSRR
Director of Communications & Engagement,
Mobilize Center
Stanford University
(w) 650.736.8434, (f) 650.723.7461
Email:
joyku@stanford.edu