Category
Computing/modelling
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
The remarkable performances of amputee athletes in sprint competitions aroused media and scientific interest and led to the question whether running-specific prostheses can be an advantage with respect to able-bodied running. The aim of this study was to bring together motion capture data and Scientific Computing methods to analyze the running motions of an able-bodied and a unilateral transtibial amputee athlete. For each of them a rigid multibody system model was created. By application of optimal control techniques, the dynamics of reference running movements from motion capture data was reconstructed for both models. The able-bodied and the transtibial amputee sprinters rely on dissimilar actuation strategies to perform similar running motions.
Recommended Citation
Kleesattel, Anna Lena; Clever, Debora; Funken, Johannes; Potthast, Wolfgang; and Mombaur, Katja
(2017)
"MODELING AND OPTIMAL CONTROL OF ABLE-BODIED AND UNILATERAL AMPUTEE RUNNING,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 35:
Iss.
1, Article 20.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol35/iss1/20
