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Simulation of Obese Locomotion Biomechanics
1. Tell us about your group:
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Ray Browning and Zach Lerner
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Physical Activity Energetics/Mechanics Lab
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Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins, CO
2. Big Picture Motivation:
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Use musculoskeletal modeling to assist in developing effective guidelines and
assistive technologies that facilitate physical activity in obese adults and
children
3. Workshop Goals:
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Investigate the effects of individual muscle strength scaling on muscle force
production and joint reaction forces
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Refine our weighted static optimization API code to read in settings from an
XML file
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Discuss collaborative development of knee models able to resolve med-lat
joint contact force distribution
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Discuss predictive optimization approaches (over beer)
OpenSim Workshop March 2013