Title

Presenting a Performance Assessment Protocol and Full Body OpenSim Model for use in Identifying Risk of Injury

Authors

Craig M. Goehler, Valparaiso University
Kelly Helm, Valparaiso University
Luis Prato, Incremedical
Anthony Levenda, Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-30-2019

Journal Title

Advances in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Volume

115

Abstract

The motivation for this project is the development of quantitative means of assessing human functional movement to be used to inform training protocols, reduce risk of injury, and to enhance performance. The purpose of this article is to describe the methods used in developing such statistical metrics. The full assessment protocol is presented along with a generic full body musculoskeletal model developed in OpenSim. Thirty-nine Division I NCAA student athletes (22 male, 17 female) participated in three rounds of data acquisition sessions. Initial kinematic metrics developed for in-line lunge and deep squat show a range of acceptable values correlating with the ability to perform the assessed movements.

Recommended Citation

Goehler, Craig M.; Helm, Kelly; Prato, Luis; and Levenda, Anthony, "Presenting a Performance Assessment Protocol and Full Body OpenSim Model for use in Identifying Risk of Injury" (2019). Engineering Faculty Publications, Patents, Presentations. 119.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/engineering_fac_pub/119