Advanced biomechanical methods for the computation of joint moments and muscular forces

Taking into account the growing number of musculoskeletal pathologies, more and more clinical Studies are nowadays based on the evaluation of the 3D joint moments. The calculation of these joint moments requires a rigorous experimental protocol set-up, and the development of advanced kinematic and inverse dynamic methods, taking into account the functional centres and axes and the personalized inertial characteristics of the subject. Moreover, starting from the measurement of the lever arms of the muscles and implementing a numerical technique for optimization, it is possible to improve the analysis in order to evaluate the Muscular forces and the contact forces on the joints. (c) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS, Tons droits reserves.