Inertia Parameters
For accurate simulation modelling and biomechanical analysis it is necessary
to obtain subject-specific segmental inertia parameters. For wobbling
mass representations segments must be partitioned into fixed masses and
wobbling masses.
Publications
- Pain, M.T. and Challis, J.H. 2001. High resolution determination of body segment inertial parameters and their variation due to soft tissue motion. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 17, 326-334.
- Yeadon, M.R. 1990. The simulation of aerial movement - II: A mathematical inertia model of the human body. Journal of Biomechanics 23, 67-74.
- Yeadon, M.R. and Morlock, M. 1989. The appropriate use of regression equations for the determination of segmental inertia parameters from anthropometric measurements. Journal of Biomechanics 22, 6/7, 683-689.
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