Publication Type:
Conference Paper
Source:
International Conference on Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomechanics and Clinical Applications, London, UK (2010)
URL:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/338/conferences1/OBCAS2010/PaperTemplateOrthopaedicSurgeryBiomechanicsandClinicalApplicationsConference.doc
Abstract:
The paper investigates and surveys current developments, theories and algorithms developed to drive the core analysis modules of publicly available and possibly industrially leading software used to model musculoskeletal structure of anatomic joints. Currently available modelers offer modeling based on idealized engineering joint types. In turn this implies that joint modeling is an extension of their core analysis capability which in every case, it appears to be musculoskeletal motion dynamics. The paper investigates current capabilities and practices with an intention of showing that an analysis framework which is focused on human joints would have significant benefit and potential to be used in many orthopaedic applications. The local mobility of joints has a significant influence in human motion analysis especially in relation to understanding of joint loading, tissue behavior and contact forces. However in order to develop a bone surface based joint modeller, there are number of major problems from tissue idealizations to surface geometry discretization and nonlinear motion analysis.
