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Lower extremity joint reaction forces and plantar fascia strain responses due to incline and decline walking

Yamin Noor Arifah Azwani Abdul, Basaruddin Khairul Salleh, Bakar Shahriman Abu, Salleh Ahmad Faizal, Som Mohd Hanafi Mat, Bakar Asyraf Hakimi Abu

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

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2022

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Vol. 24, no. 1

67--74

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The present study aims to investigate the effect of incline and decline walking on ground and joint reaction forces (JRF) of lower extremity and plantar fascia strain (PFS) under certain surface inclination angles. Methods: Twenty-three male subjects walked on a customized platform with four different surface inclinations (i.e., 0, 5, 7.5 and 10°) with inclined and declined directions. The motion of the ten reflective markers was captured using Qualysis motion capture system (Qualysis, Gothenburg, Sweden) and exported to a visual three-dimensional (3D) software (C-motion, Germantown, USA) in order to analyze the GRF, JRF and PFS. Results: The results found that the peak vertical GRF is almost consistent for 0 and 5° inclination slope but started to decrease at 7.5° onwards during decline walking. The most affected JRF was found on knee at medial-lateral direction even as low as 5 to 10° inclination for both walking conditions. Furthermore, the findings also show that the JRF of lower extremity was more affected during declined walking compared to inclined walking based on the number of significant differences observed in each inclination angle. The PFS was found increased with the increase of surface inclination. Conclusions: The findings could provide a new insight on the relationship of joint reaction forces and strain parameter in response to the incline and decline walking. It would benefit in providing a better precaution that should be considered during hiking activity, especially in medial-lateral direction in order to prevent injury or fall risk.

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Dynamic Simulation of a Hydraulic Excavator to Determine the Joint Reaction Forces of Boom, Stick, Bucket, and Driving Forces of Hydraulic Cylinders

Nguyen Dang Tan

Inżynieria Mineralna

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2020

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no. 2, vol. 1

131--137

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To optimize the dimensions of the boom, stick of the hydraulic excavator and select the suitable hydraulic bucket, stick, and boom cylinders, the designer must determine the joint reaction forces and driving forces. These forces always alter in an excavator's working cycle. They are conventionally calculated by mathematical method. This conventional method is complicated and challenging to determine the maximum reaction forces, which can break the stick and boom. This article builds a 3D model and simulates a working cycle of the hydraulic excavator to find the reaction force diagrams of boom and stick as well as driving forces of hydraulic cylinders by using computer software PTC Creo Parametric. Based on these results, the designer easily calculates the maximum tensions of the dimensions of boom and stick in a working cycle to optimize their dimensions as well as selects suitable hydraulic cylinders.

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Określenie siły reakcji na przegub i siły napędowej jest warunkiem optymalizacji wymiarów wysięgnika, ramienia koparki hydraulicznej i dobrać odpowiednie hydrauliczne siłowniki łyżki, ramienia i wysięgnika. W cyklu roboczym koparki, siły te zawsze zmieniają się. Tradycyjne metody są zwykle skomplikowane i trudne do określenia maksymalnych sił reakcji, które mogą spowodować złamanie drążka i wysięgnika. W artykule zbudowano model 3D i symulowano cykl pracy koparki hydraulicznej w celu znalezienia wykresów sił reakcji wysięgnika i ramienia oraz sił napędowych cylindrów hydraulicznych za pomocą oprogramowania komputerowego PTC Creo Parametric. Na podstawie tych wyników, konstruktor w łatwy sposób oblicza maksymalne naprężenia wymiarów wysięgnika i ramienia w cyklu pracy, aby zoptymalizować ich wymiary, a także dobiera odpowiednie hydrauliczne cylindry.

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Influence of modified muscle morphology and activity pattern on the results of musculoskeletal system modelling in cerebral palsy patient

Ogrodnik J., Piszczatowski Sz.

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

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2017

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Vol. 19, no. 3

63--75

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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of modified morphological parameters of the muscle model and excitation pattern on the results of musculoskeletal system numerical simulation in a cerebral palsy patient. Methods: The modelling of the musculoskeletal system was performed in the AnyBody Modelling System. The standard model (MoCap) was subjected to modifications consisting of changes in morphological parameters and excitation patterns of selected muscles. The research was conducted with the use of data of a 14-year-old cerebral palsy patient. Results: A reduction of morphological parameters (variant MI) caused a decrease in the value of active force generated by the muscle with changed geometry, and as a consequence the changes in active force generated by other muscles. A simulation of the abnormal excitation pattern (MII variant) resulted in the muscle’s additional activity during its lengthening. The simultaneous modification of the muscle morphology and excitation pattern (MIII variant) points to the interdependence of both types of muscle model changes. A significant increase in the value of the reaction force in the hip joint was observed as a consequence of modification of the hip abductor activity. Conclusions: The morphological parameters and the excitation pattern of modelled muscles have a significant influence on the results of numerical simulation of the musculoskeletal system functioning.

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An alternative scheme for determination of joint reaction forces in human multibody models

Blajer W., Czaplicki A.

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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2005

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Vol. 43 nr 4

813--824

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Multibody models are commonly used in the analysis of human movements. The dynamic formulations often use minimal sets of generalized coordinates, and joint reactions (non-working reactions of model-intrinsic constraints) are excluded from evidence. A separate modeling effort is then required to determine joint reactions, and the arising numerical procedures are computationally arduous. In this paper, a novel efficient approach to the determination of joint reactions is developed, which naturally assists the minimal-form formulations of human body dynamics. The proposed scheme does not involve matrix inversion, and as such it is well suited for both symbolic manipulations and computer implementations. The method is illustrated with a seven-segment planar model of a human body. Some results from the inverse dynamics simulation of somersaults on a trampoline are reported.

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Wieloczłonowe modele ciała człowieka są powszechnie wykorzystywane do analizy czynności motorycznych. Dla sformułowań dynamiki tych modeli stosowane są zwykle niezależne współrzędne uogólnione, co powoduje, że reakcje w połączeniach (idealne reakcje więzów wewnętrznych) są eliminowane na wstępnym etapie modelowania. Dla ich określenia wymagane są dodatkowe procedury modelowania matematycznego, a generowane tą drogą zależności charakteryzują się niską efektywnością numeryczną. W niniejszej pracy proponowane jest nieco inne podejście do wyznaczania reakcji w stawach, w sposób naturalny skojarzone z minimalno-wymiarowym formułowaniem dynamiki wieloczłonowych modeli ciała człowieka. Proponowane sformułowania nic wymagają odwracania macierzy, są tym samym efektywne zarówno dla wyprowadzeń symbolicznych, jak i zastosowań numerycznych. Metoda zilustrowana jest za pomocą siedmioczłonowego płaskiego modelu ciała człowieka. Prezentowane są wybrane wyniki obliczeń numerycznych odnoszące się do symulacji dynamicznej odwrotnej sportowca wykonującego salto na trampolinie.