Print Email Facebook Twitter Subject-specific upper extremity modelling Title Subject-specific upper extremity modelling Author Bolsterlee, B. Contributor Van der Helm, F.C.T. (promotor) Veeger, H.E.J. (promotor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department BioMechanical Engineering Date 2014-10-28 Abstract Insight into the mechanical interaction between muscles and bones can be of great help to understand normal function of the human body and to improve diagnoses and treatments of musculoskeletal disorders. This research presented in this thesis aims to improve the predictions of a musculoskeletal model of the shoulder and elbow (the Delft Shoulder and Elbow Model or DSEM) by extracting anatomical information from MRI scans and other imaging modalities. Several techniques are presented to personalise anatomical parameters and the effect on muscle and joint force predictions are calculated. Due to difficulties related to validation of modelling results and the limited ability to measure all relevant model parameters in vivo, it is concluded that subject-specific models are not likely to lead to a vast new range of applications in the near future. Subject biomechanicsmusculoskeletal modelshoulder and elbowMRIultrasound To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:5648e091-ebb2-4ac9-b2de-82ec3bd3146e ISBN 9789462593320 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2014 Bolsterlee, B. Files PDF PhD_Thesis_BartBolsterlee_final.pdf 2.64 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:5648e091-ebb2-4ac9-b2de-82ec3bd3146e/datastream/OBJ/view