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Methods and systems for numerically simulating muscle movements along bones and around joints

  • US 8,666,719 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2011
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of numerically simulating muscle movements along bones and around joints comprising:

  • receiving, in a computer system having an application module configured for performing time-marching muscle movements simulation installed thereon, a computerized model containing a plurality of truss elements and at least one roller, said plurality of truss elements being configured to represent a muscle strand while each roller being configured to represent a joint and said plurality of truss elements being associated with a muscle bio-mechanical property model;

    conducting the time-marching simulation using the computerized model with the application module in the computer system, the time-marching simulation containing a series of consecutive solution cycles representing passage of time;

    calculating axial stresses and strains of said plurality of truss elements at each solution cycle; and

    applying slipping and swapping adjustments to each truss element pair that straddles each roller to obtain numerically simulated movements of the muscle strand along bones and around joints.

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