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Muscle activity and co-contraction of musculoskeletal model during steering maneuver

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 25–28 September 2014, Beijing, China

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gao, Zhen-hai; ; | Fan, Da | Wang, Deping | Zhao, Hui; | Zhao, Kaishu; | Chen, Chaoyang

Affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China | China FAW Group Corporation New Energy Vehicle Branch, Changchun 130011, China | State Key Laboratory of Vehicle NVH and Safety Technology, Changan Automobile Holding Ltd., Chongqing 401120, China | Changan Automobile Holding Ltd. Automotive Engineering Institute, Chongqing 401120, China | No. 1 Affiliated Clinical Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China | Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States

Note: [] Corresponding author: Kaishu Zhao, No. 1 Affiliated Clinical Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. Tel.: 0431 85095090 6126; Fax: 0431 85682227; E-mail: fandath@163.com.

Keywords: Driver, steering maneuver, musculoskeletal model, inverse dynamics, muscles of upper limb

DOI: 10.3233/BME-141087

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 2697-2706, 2014

Published: 2014
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Abstract

In this study a musculoskeletal model of driver steering maneuver was established. The model was driven by the steering angle and steering torque when performing typical steering test. The simulation was calculated using inverse dynamics. Maximum muscle activity and the muscle activity of each muscle were studied afterwards. The key muscles that generated steering torque were scapular portion of deltoid, infraspinatus, latissimus dorsi, subscapularis, triceps long head and triceps lateral head. Muscle co-contraction was analyzed quantitatively and was significantly different from muscle activity. This paper presents a preliminary research on the mechanical properties of upper limb muscles during steering maneuver. The results can serve as references for vehicle design and performance evaluation using the physiological characteristics of drivers.

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