Methods for integrating postural control into biomechanical human simulations: a systematic review

J Shanbhag, A Wolf, I Wechsler, S Fleischmann… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Understanding of the human body's internal processes to maintain balance is fundamental
to simulate postural control behaviour. The body uses multiple sensory systems' information …

Bridging the sim2real gap. Investigating deviations between experimental motion measurements and musculoskeletal simulation results—a systematic review

I Wechsler, A Wolf, J Shanbhag… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Musculoskeletal simulations can be used to estimate biomechanical variables like muscle
forces and joint torques from non-invasive experimental data using inverse and forward …

An approximate stochastic optimal control framework to simulate nonlinear neuro-musculoskeletal models in the presence of noise

T Van Wouwe, LH Ting, F De Groote - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Optimal control simulations have shown that both musculoskeletal dynamics and
physiological noise are important determinants of movement. However, due to the limited …

A portable and low-cost solution for real-time manipulation of the vestibular sense

A Chen, C Kuo, JS Blouin - Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The vestibular system encodes head motion in space which is naturally
accompanied by other sensory cues. Electrical stimuli, applied across the mastoid …

Antagonistic co-contraction can minimize muscular effort in systems with uncertainty

AD Koelewijn, AJ Van Den Bogert - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Muscular co-contraction of antagonistic muscle pairs is often observed in human movement,
but it is considered inefficient and it can currently not be predicted in simulations where …

Delayed center of mass feedback in elderly humans leads to greater muscle co-contraction and altered balance strategy under perturbed balance: A predictive …

R Jones, N Ratnakumar, K Akbaş, X Zhou - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Falls are one of the leading causes of non-disease death and injury in the elderly, often due
to delayed sensory neural feedback essential for balance. This delay, challenging to …

A sensorimotor enhanced neuromusculoskeletal model for simulating postural control of upright standing

J Shanbhag, S Fleischmann, I Wechsler… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The human's upright standing is a complex control process that is not yet fully understood.
Postural control models can provide insights into the body's internal control processes of …

Targeting ankle proprioception: A novel, valid, and reliable approach to measuring ankle proprioception for clinical implementation: Suggested short title: Targeting …

ML Olson, SA Miller, FE DiLiberto - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Ankle proprioception is vital to maintain balance but proprioceptive measurement is
challenging in clinic. A new clinical measure of ankle proprioception, measuring joint …

A neural controller model considering the vestibulospinal tract in human postural control

Y Omura, K Kaminishi, R Chiba… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Humans are able to control their posture in their daily lives. It is important to understand how
this is achieved in order to understand the mechanisms that lead to impaired postural control …

Neuromuscular Modeling for Locomotion with Wearable Assistive Robots--A primer

MI Refai, H Wang, A Gogeascoechea… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Wearable assistive robots (WR) for the lower extremity are extensively documented in
literature. Various interfaces have been designed to control these devices during gait and …