New tutorials: Scaling & Application of external forcesMusculoskeletal models must be scalable to sizes of different individuals to be useful for product design. This is very challenging, because scaling pertains not only to the overall geometry, but also to properties like muscle insertion points, muscle parameters and wrapping surfaces. A new tutorial describing the use of the general method for scaling musculoskeletal models which has been implemented into the AnyBody Respository models is now available here. Please note that the models used in this tutorial are not yet included in the AnyBody Model Repository.
Previously, the existing tutorial on The mechanical elements had included lessons on segments, joints, drivers, and kinematic measures but none on forces. This was now been remedied. Try the new lesson dealing with the application of external forces here.
AnyBody publications S . Dubowsky , J . Rasmussen , S . Sisto , N . Langrana (2008),Validation of a musculoskeletal model of wheelchair propulsion and its application to minimizing shoulder joint forces, Journal of Biomechanics (in press).
J. Rasmussen, S. Tørholm, and M. de Zee (2008), Computational analysis of the influence of seat pan inclination and friction on muscle activity and spinal joint forces, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (in press).
C.G. Olesen, M. de Zee and J. Rasmussen (2008), Pilot Validation of a Computational Seated Human Model Using an Instrumented Chair, Bioengineering08. Imperial College London, 18-19 September 2008. Upcoming webcast - 10 Dec: Joint Forces within The Ankle During Level Walking
Speaker: Mike Arikilo,
Dundee University
Many previous webcasts are available for download and replay here. GazelleGrowthWe are proud to announce that AnyBody Technology was recently has selected as one of only 12 companies to participate in the 3rd round of GazelleGrowth, an action-oriented government-sponsored program that provides hands-on support and know-how to selected Danish growth companies The program targets market validation, evaluation of options, planning & execution, and Execution support.
Read more on the program website here. GaitApplication2 updateGA2 is a generic, scalable lower extremity model with a simple text-based user interface, cf. the June 12, 2008 newsletter.
The author of this program, Michael Skipper Andersen, has uploaded version 1.7 of this program. It can be downloaded from the file section of the AnyScript Yahoo group here. You need to login and
go to the directory Files/GaitApplication2 to find the new version. Training workshop in California Ozen Engineering, our reseller in California (USA), is offering a 4 day training workshop Nov. 11-14. Look herefor further information. |
| Jump-start your modelling work:
A welcome offer to new academic usersTo add further momentum to the expanding community of academic researchers using AnyBody we are pleased to offer new research users joining us for the rest of this year a free on-line consultation with one of our experienced modelling specialists.
Naturally, you decide the issues which you want advice on or have questions about. In any case, it will be an opportunity for you to get a head-start on doing a model of your specific problem in an efficient way, even if you don’t have prior AnyBody modelling experience. We imagine that a typical consultation will be conducted via email, phone or web along the path
- You briefly describe the project you want to get started on: aims, available data etc
- We schedule an on-line meeting (phone or web) and set an agenda for the meeting.
- Alternatively, we agree on the issues to discuss via email.
- You and we prepare for the meeting as needed.
- During the meeting we will give advice and guidelines on how to tackle your problem.
- Finally we will agree on a plan for the further communication as needed.
Please note that this offer applies to new research users joining us for the rest of this year. The time allocated to each consultation is five hours in total. The final deadline for all consultations to finish is January 15, 2009.
Of course, we will also be happy to assist you connecting to The AnyBody Research project at Aalborg University which originally spun-off our the company AnyBody Technology. The research project participates in numerous international research projects on development and application of biomechanical models and is interested in extending this activity to more partners. Typical projects are synergistic in the sense that the AnyBody group’s knowledge about biomechanical modeling in general combined with an external user’s expertise in a particular field of biomechanics enables faster progress than the two partners can achieve by themselves. The research project happily accepts visits from established researchers and Ph.D. students in which fast progress on the modeling task can be achieved.
Index finger model Thanks to AnyBody user John Wu and coworkers their index finger model (J. Wu et al. (2008), J. Biomech. 41: 668 - 676 ) submitted for inclusion in a future version of the AnyBody Model Repository is available (as a beta release) for download here.
Events: Meet AnyBody at...ANSYS Conference & 26th CADFEM Users' Meeting, Oct. 24-26, Darmstadt, Germany German Congress of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Oct. 22-25, Berlin, Germany Innovative Seating Conference, Feb. 9-12, Wiesbanden, Germany ORS - Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Feb. 22-25, LasVegas, NV
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The AnyBody Team. As usual, if you have news, questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. |
