OpenSim Publications
Seth, A., Hicks J.L., Uchida, T.K., Habib, A., Dembia, C.L., Dunne, J.J., Ong, C.F., DeMers, M.S., Rajagopal, A., Millard, M., Hamner, S.R., Arnold, E.M., Yong, J.R., Lakshmikanth, S.K., Sherman, M.A., Delp, S.L. OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement. Plos Computational Biology, 14(7). Download PDF Document
Delp, S.L., Anderson, F.C., Arnold, A.S., Loan, P., Habib, A., John, C.T., Guendelman, E., Thelen, D.G. OpenSim: open-source software to create and analyze dynamic simulations of movement. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 54(11):1940–1950, 2007. Download PDF Document
Seth, A., Sherman, M., Reinbolt, J.A., Delp, S.L. OpenSim: a musculoskeletal modeling and simulation framework for in silico investigations and exchange. Procedia IUTAM 2:212–232, 2011. Download PDF Document
Modeling
Hicks, J.L., Uchida, T.K., Seth, A., Rajagopal, A., Delp, S.L. Is my model good enough? Best practices for verification and validation of musculoskeletal models and simulations of movement. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 137(2):020905, 2015. Download PDF Document
Arnold, E.M., Hamner, S.R., Seth, A., Millard, M., Delp, S.L. How muscle fiber lengths and velocities affect muscle force generation as humans walk and run at different speeds. Journal of Experimental Biology, vol 216, pp 2150-2160. Download PDF Document
Anderson, F.C., Pandy, M.G. A dynamic optimization solution for vertical jumping in three dimensions. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2(3):201–231, 1999. Download PDF Document
Muscle
Millard, M., Uchida, T., Seth, A., Delp, S.L. Flexing computational muscle: modeling and simulation of musculotendon dynamics. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 135(2):021005, 2013. Download PDF Document
Thelen, D.G. (2003) Adjustment of muscle mechanics model parameters to simulate dynamic contractions in older adults. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125(1):70–77. Download PDF Document
Controls
Thelen, D.G., Anderson, F.C., Delp, S.L. Generating dynamic simulations of movement using computed muscle control. Journal of Biomechanics, 36, 321–328, 2003. Download PDF Document
Joint Motion
Seth, A., Sherman, M., Eastman, P., Delp, S. Minimal formulation of joint motion for biomechanisms, Nonlinear Dyn, vol 62, pp 291-303. Download PDF Document
Moment Arms
Sherman, M.A., Seth, A., Delp, S.L. What is a moment arm? Calculating muscle effectiveness in Biomechanical models using generalized coordinates, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. Download PDF Document