Authors
Kohout, JosefClapworthy, Gordon J.
Zhao, Youbing
Tao, Yubo
Gonzalez-Garcia, G.
Dong, Feng
Wei, Hui
Kohoutová, E.
Issue Date
2013-04-06Subjects
muscle wrapping
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In many biomechanical problems, the availability of a suitable model for the wrapping of muscles when undergoing movement is essential for the estimation of forces produced on and by the body during motion. This is an important factor in the Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human project which is investigating the likelihood of fracture for osteoporotic patients undertaking a variety of movements. The weakening of their skeletons makes them particularly vulnerable to bone fracture caused by excessive loading being placed on the bones, even in simple everyday tasks. This paper provides an overview of a novel volumetric model that describes muscle wrapping around bones and other muscles during movement, and which includes a consideration of how the orientations of the muscle fibres change during the motion. The method can calculate the form of wrapping of a muscle of medium size and visualize the outcome within tenths of seconds on commodity hardware, while conserving muscle volume. This makes the method suitable not only for educational biomedical software, but also for clinical applications used to identify weak muscles that should be strengthened during rehabilitation or to identify bone stresses in order to estimate the risk of fractures.Citation
Kohout J, Clapworthy GJ, Zhao Y, Tao Y, Gonzalez-Garcia G, Dong F, Wei H, Kohoutová E (2013) 'Patient-specific fibre-based models of muscle wrapping', Interface Focus, 3 (2), pp.-.Publisher
Royal SocietyJournal
Interface FocusPubMed ID
24427519PubMed Central ID
PMC3638471Additional Links
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsfs.2012.0062https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3638471/
Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
2042-8901EISSN
2042-8901ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1098/rsfs.2012.0062