Exploring the high-dimensional structure of muscle redundancy via subject-specific and generic musculoskeletal models

• Published in: Journal of biomechanics Vol. 48; no. 11; pp. 2887 - 2896
• Main Authors: Valero-Cuevas, F.J., Cohn, B.A., Yngvason, H.F., Lawrence, E.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 20.08.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Activation; Animals; Arm - physiology; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cats; Computational models; Computer Simulation; Fibers; Hindlimb - physiology; Humans; Hypotheses; Kinematics; Mathematical models; Methods; Models, Biological; Monte Carlo simulation; Movement - physiology; Muscle redundancy; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Muscles; Nervous system; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Redundancy; Stochastic modeling; Three dimensional; Throwing; Vertebrates; Stochastic modeling; Computational models; Muscle redundancy; Monte Carlo simulation

Subject-specific and generic musculoskeletal models are the computational instantiation of hypotheses, and stochastic techniques help explore their validity. We present two such examples to explore the hypothesis of muscle redundancy. The first addresses the effect of anatomical variability on stati...