Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS)
Musculoskeletal Models from Sparse Medical Images – Towards Personalized Load Management in Sports and Medicine
Introduction & Purpose Internal musculoskeletal loads (e.g. muscle-forces, joint-moments, and joint-contact-forces) are key indicators of locomotor loading, relevant to sports medicine and rehabilitation. Since many such variables cannot be measured directly, they are estimated using musculoskeletal modelling, driven by 3D-gait-analysis (3DGA) (marker trajectories, electromyography, ground reaction forces). Personalization of musculoskeletal models ranges from simple scaling of a generic model to fully personalized …