An open-source musculoskeletal model of the lumbar spine and lower limbs: a validation for movements of the lumbar spine
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Journal Article
Abstract
Musculoskeletal models of the lumbar spine have been developed with varying level of detail for a wide range of clinical applications. Providing consistency is ensured throughout the modelling approach, these models can be combined with other computational models and be used in predictive modelling studies to investigate bone health deterioration and the associated fracture risk. To provide precise physiological loading conditions for such predictive modelling studies, a new full-body musculoskeletal model including a detailed and consistent representation of the lower limbs and the lumbar spine was developed. The model was assessed against in-vivo measurements from the literature for a range of spine movements representative of daily living activities. Comparison between model estimations and electromyography recordings was also made for a range of lifting tasks. This new musculoskeletal model will provide a comprehensive physiological mechanical environment for future predictive finite element modelling studies on bone structural adaptation. It will be made freely available on https://simtk.org/projects/llsm/.
Date Issued
2021-02-27
Date Acceptance
2021-02-02
Citation
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 24 (12), pp.1310-1325
ISSN
1025-5842
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Start Page
1310
End Page
1325
Journal / Book Title
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
Volume
24
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or build upon in any way.
Subjects
Musculoskeletal modelling
Subject-specific
Full-body
Lumbar spine
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-02-27