Getting Started: Defining your Research Goals for the Model
- What results do I need to answer my research question?
- What elements of a model might these results be sensitive to?
- In what ranges will my study be conducted and in what ranges has the model been validated? If a model is not valid in the ranges of your study, how can you
you extend those ranges and re-validate the model?
General Questions
- What structures or systems are modeled?
- Is it a kinematic model or full dynamic model? Is it 3D?
- Is it a model of a new structure or structures? Does it build on an existing model? What models can it be compared to?
- What experimental data was used to build and test the model? If human or animal subjects were used, how many and what type of subjects (age, size, etc.)?
- What platform(s) is the model implemented in?
- Can the model be scaled or otherwise customized?
- Has the model been published or otherwise peer reviewed?
- Do other studies use/cite the model?
- Has the author of the model changed or updated the model since the original publication? Do I have and understand the most recent version?
Kinematic Models
Musculoskeletal Geometry
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- Does the model include segment inertial parameters?
- What experimental or literature data was used to define the intertial parameters?
- Are there segments without intertial parameters? (This is a challenge for creating forward simulations with the moelmodel.)
Actuators and Other Force-Generating Elements
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