A. Kecskeméthy, D. Strobach (Germany), G. Steinwender, B. Zwick, V. Saraph, and M. Stolz (
Gait and motion analysis, motion capturing
Measure-based simulation involves reproduction of the motion of a dynamic system based on measurements performed for certain parameters. In this paper, we regard a method for polishing human data obtained from exist ing gait motion reproduction systems such as the VICON motion capturing system. Such systems allow one to au tomatically reconstruct limb lenghts, joint center locations and limb motion from the measured data obtained by track ing, through infrared cameras, special reflective markers applied on the patient skin. However, due to generic as sumptions on limb functionality, biomechanical models of the human lower extremity based on these measurements contain systematic errors on joint center location that lead to unrealistic bone-length variations in the simulation. The objective of this paper is to develop a method that uses a given erroneous data set and from this corrects pre diction of joint-center location by analysing systematic er rors using mechanism theory. To this end, a virtual mech anism is introduced with the unknown bone locations as one set of links, and the measured varying-length limbs as a second, parallel mechanism. By establishing the offset between real and assumed skeleton through optimization techniques, the location and geometry of the real bones can be determined. The model is extended to inverse dy namics to evaluate the effects of errors on the resultant net joint torques. It is shown that the presented method allows patient-specific adaption of the model. Moreover a more exact animation of gait motion is possible. Finally, due to the self-correcting algorithm, the method allows crude marker placement, simplifying the motion-capturingprepa ration procedure.
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