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Multibody Approach to Musculoskeletal and Joint Loading

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Joint and muscular loads are the major internal loads in the human body. Knowing or being able to estimate those loads is of importance in multiple instances, such as in designing implants, predicting surgical outcomes, in estimating occupational loading, and in designing interventions. Unfortunately, the direct measurement of the body’s internal forces is difficult, rather invasive, and requires surgical operations. Therefore, the need is growing for computational tools for muscular, bone and joint loading estimation. This article will present a review of the computational methods that can be utilized for musculoskeletal and joint system loading estimation.

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    Adam Kłodowski

  2. Faculty of Health, Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC,  3125, Australia

    Timo Rantalainen

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Kłodowski, A., Rantalainen, T. Multibody Approach to Musculoskeletal and Joint Loading. Arch Computat Methods Eng 22, 237–267 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-014-9106-z

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