Biomechanics / Biomechanical Engineering
Mostafa Haj Lotfalian; Mohammad Hadi Honarvar
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July 2020, , Pages 133-142
Abstract
Margin of stability is a method to assess the dynamic stability in the clinic and laboratory, which is influenced by position and linear velocity of the center of mass (CoM). In this study, the stability factor was calculated by the margin of stability (MoS) method and was used as a cost function to ...
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Margin of stability is a method to assess the dynamic stability in the clinic and laboratory, which is influenced by position and linear velocity of the center of mass (CoM). In this study, the stability factor was calculated by the margin of stability (MoS) method and was used as a cost function to plan movement trajectory of sit to stand. 10 healthy young men were selected in this study and their sit to stand movement were filmed by Optitrack motion capture system. A two-dimensional and four-segment model was defined based on the governing equations of motion to calculate position of CoM, joints torque and using that in optimization process. After calculating the subject’s stability factor by MoS method, the time integral of MoS (C1), the maximum and minimum of MoS (C2) and the time integral of the square of MoS (C3) were defined as the cost functions. genetic algorithm was used to find the optimal model. To determine the quality of predicted trajectories and compare it with the subject’s pattern, root mean square error (RMSE) was used. According to the results of this study, a model which was optimized by C3, predicted the movement trajectory of subjects with 19 and 40 percent less error than C1 and C2 respectively.Nevertheless, none of the models could correctly reconstruct the subjects’ movement trajectory. In a nutshell, using MoS exclusively as a cost function, is not a good choice to predict and plane the trajectory of whole-body movements.
Gait Analysis
Samane Moeini Sedeh; Navid Arjmand; Mohammad Ali Sanjari; Hamid Reza Mokhtarinia; Morteza Asgari; Mohammad Parnianpour
Volume 7, Issue 4 , June 2013, , Pages 333-340
Abstract
Stability is important to prevent falling during occupational and daily living activities. Control parameters such as direction of motion and external load can affect stability pattern. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effect of the mentioned control parameters on stability. Time series ...
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Stability is important to prevent falling during occupational and daily living activities. Control parameters such as direction of motion and external load can affect stability pattern. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effect of the mentioned control parameters on stability. Time series of lumbar rotation angle in 19 healthy subjects were investigated. Each subject performed spine flexionextension in two different directions of symmetric (sagittal plane) and asymmetric (between sagittal and transverse planes), with two loading cases of 8 Kg weight and load free. To evaluate dynamic stability of repetitive movement, a nonlinear method of largest Lyapunov exponent has been used. After calculating maximum Lyapunov exponent from each of the experimental cases, results of analysis of variance showed a significant difference between symmetric and asymmetric directions (p=0.016). To interpret this result we can suggest higher recruitment of the internal and external oblique muscle groups and higher mechanical constraints in spine during asymmetric tasks. Mean comparison showed that movement in symmetric direction has more instability than the asymmetric case. Moreover, presence of load and interaction between direction and load did not significantly affect local dynamic stability.
