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Our overall aim is to develop tools for real-time musculoskeletal simulation to enable model-based design and testing of neuroprosthesis systems to restore function in the upper limb in spinal cord injury and other neuromuscular disorders. To facilitate adoption of these models, we want to integrate our real-time model with the OpenSim visualiser to provide real-time visual feedback on the state of the musculoskeletal system to clinicians and biomedical engineers.
The figure below shows how our model integrates with OpenSim and how users interact with the system. The user controls the 'virtual arm' (real-time, dynamic model) using a BCI, residual EMGs, head-tracking device or other command source, and the clinician can visualise the state of the muscles and joint reaction forces in real time on the OpenSim visualiser interface.
Workshop goals
Our specific aims for the workshop are:
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