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ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 632-641Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03077-x
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Finite element modeling; Human body model; GHBMC; Active muscle; ARGOS; Posture stabilization; Step-down test; Reduced gravity; Computational model
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Active muscles have a significant impact on postural stabilization and can alter the kinematic response of the human body. In this study, a simplified human body model with active musculature was developed and validated, showing good biofidelity compared to volunteer kinematics. This model will be useful for studying the biomechanics of the human body in scenarios such as vehicle-pedestrian accidents, public transportation braking, and space missions.
Active muscles play an important role in postural stabilization, and muscle-induced joint stiffening can alter the kinematic response of the human body, particularly that of the lower extremities, under dynamic loading conditions. There are few full-body human body finite element models with active muscles in a standing posture. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop and validate the M50-PS+Active model, an average-male simplified human body model in a standing posture with active musculature. The M50-PS+Active model was developed by incorporating 116 skeletal muscles, as one-dimensional beam elements with a Hill-type material model and closed-loop Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller muscle activation strategy, into the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) simplified pedestrian model M50-PS. The M50-PS+Active model was first validated in a gravity standing test, showing the effectiveness of the active muscles in maintaining a standing posture under gravitational loading. The knee kinematics of the model were compared against volunteer kinematics in unsuited and suited step-down tests from NASA's active response gravity offload system (ARGOS) laboratory. The M50-PS+Active model showed good biofidelity with volunteer kinematics with an overall CORA score of 0.80, as compared to 0.64 (fair) in the passive M50-PS model. The M50-PS+Active model will serve as a useful tool to study the biomechanics of the human body in vehicle-pedestrian accidents, public transportation braking, and space missions piloted in a standing posture.
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