Interval running methodologies simulate competition and training conditions, with the aim of enhancing an athletes’ ability to cope constant deceleration, acceleration, sudden changes in direction, as associated athletic performance challenges. Fifteen male athletes were recruited this study, which anterior cruciate ligament was modeled a nonlinear elastic passive soft tissue OpenSim 4.2. Parti...

Software packages that use optimization to predict the motion of dynamic systems are powerful tools for studying human movement. These “predictive simulations” gaining popularity in parameter studies designing assistive devices such as exoskeletons. The cost function is a critical component problem and can dramatically affect solution. Many functions have been proposed biologically inspired pro...

Within the last years virtual 3D worlds have raised increasing interest by researchers, developers and communities in various application domains. Knowledge management and ICTbased learning settings in this context are in particular important in our globalized and knowledgecentered society. In this paper, we want to explore the development of a conference room in a virtual 3D world for knowledg...

Over the past decade there has been an increasing attempt to explore the potential of computer games in order to engage students’ towards foreign language learning. However, literature review has shown that there are still few attempts to provide empiric evidence of the educational potential of computer games, whereas the present study aims to address this lack. The purpose of our paper is to e...

Research in running biomechanics has observed differences in muscle contributions of the stance leg to body mass acceleration while running at various speeds. However, a dynamic musculoskeletal model has not been used to examine how changes in surface incline impact these muscle contributions. This study takes 10 experienced runners and records motion, electromyography, and force data for both ...

Understanding degeneration of biological and prosthetic knee joints requires knowledge of the in-vivo loading environment during activities of daily living. Musculoskeletal models can estimate medial/lateral tibiofemoral compartment contact forces, yet anthropometric differences between individuals make accurate predictions challenging. We developed a full-body OpenSim musculoskeletal model wit...

We address a state-of-the-art reinforcement learning (RL) control approach to automatically configure robotic prosthesis impedance parameters enable end-to-end, continuous locomotion intended for transfemoral amputee subjects. Specifically, our actor-critic based RL provides tracking of knee mimic the intact profile. This is significant advance from previous automatic tuning which have centered...

The original idea for bionic shoes (BSs) involves combining the function of unstable foot conditions and structure human plantar. purpose this study was to investigate differences between normal (NS) BS during stance phases walking running. A total 15 Chinese males from Ningbo University were recruited (age: 24.3 ± 2.01 years; height: 176.25 7.11 cm, body weight (BW): 75.75 8.35 kg). participan...

Virtual Worlds (VW) have gained popularity in the last years in domains like training or education mainly due to their highly immersive and interactive 3D characteristics. In these platforms, the user (represented by an avatar) can move and interact in an artificial world with a high degree of freedom. They can talk, chat, build and design objects, program and compile their own developed progra...