Abstract
The characterization of the human motion has a fundamental importance in scientific areas as diverse as medicine, sports, physical therapy, vehicle dynamics or general engineering applications. One of the most challenging problems consists in the evaluation of the internal forces in the human body and in their control, including muscles, ligaments or anatomic joints, without using intrusive techniques. Experimental procedures based on photogrametry and force platforms are used to collect the data required for the numerical methods, based on inverse dynamics and optimization techniques, to calculate the internal forces. A discussion of the formulations used in the context of the State-of-Art and of the applications presented to sports and health sciences cases helps appraising the collaborative work reported here.
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Ambrósio, J.A.C., Abrantes, J.M.C.S. (2007). Developments in Biomechanics of Human Motion for Health and Sports. In: Pereira, M.S. (eds) A Portrait of State-of-the-Art Research at the Technical University of Lisbon. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5690-1_33
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