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OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve Class Reference

This class serves as a serializable ForceVelocityCurve for use in muscle models. More...

#include <ForceVelocityCurve.h>

Inheritance diagram for OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve:
OpenSim::Function OpenSim::Object

Public Member Functions

 ForceVelocityCurve ()
 The default constructor creates a force-velocity curve using the default property values and assigns a default name. More...
 
 ForceVelocityCurve (double concentricSlopeAtVmax, double concentricSlopeNearVmax, double isometricSlope, double eccentricSlopeAtVmax, double eccentricSlopeNearVmax, double maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier, double concentricCurviness, double eccentricCurviness)
 Constructs a force-velocity curve using the provided parameters and assigns a default name. More...
 
double getConcentricSlopeAtVmax () const
 
double getConcentricSlopeNearVmax () const
 
double getIsometricSlope () const
 
double getEccentricSlopeAtVmax () const
 
double getEccentricSlopeNearVmax () const
 
double getMaxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier () const
 
double getConcentricCurviness () const
 
double getEccentricCurviness () const
 
void setCurveShape (double aConcentricSlopeAtVmax, double aConcentricSlopeNearVmax, double aIsometricSlope, double aEccentricSlopeAtVmax, double aEccentricSlopeNearVmax, double aMaxForceMultiplier)
 
void setConcentricCurviness (double aConcentricCurviness)
 
void setEccentricCurviness (double aEccentricCurviness)
 
double calcValue (const SimTK::Vector &x) const override
 Implement the generic OpenSim::Function interface. More...
 
double calcValue (double normFiberVelocity) const
 Evaluates the force-velocity curve at a normalized fiber velocity of 'normFiberVelocity'. More...
 
double calcDerivative (double normFiberVelocity, int order) const
 Calculates the derivative of the force-velocity multiplier with respect to the normalized fiber velocity. More...
 
SimTK::Vec2 getCurveDomain () const
 Returns a SimTK::Vec2 containing the lower (0th element) and upper (1st element) bounds on the domain of the curve. More...
 
void printMuscleCurveToCSVFile (const std::string &path)
 Generates a .csv file with a name that matches the curve name (e.g., "bicepsfemoris_ForceVelocityCurve.csv"). More...
 
void ensureCurveUpToDate ()
 
Property declarations

These are the serializable properties associated with this class.

 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (concentric_slope_at_vmax, double,"Curve slope at the maximum normalized concentric (shortening) velocity (normalized velocity of -1)")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (concentric_slope_near_vmax, double,"Curve slope just before reaching concentric_slope_at_vmax")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (isometric_slope, double,"Curve slope at isometric (normalized velocity of 0)")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (eccentric_slope_at_vmax, double,"Curve slope at the maximum normalized eccentric (lengthening) velocity (normalized velocity of 1)")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (eccentric_slope_near_vmax, double,"Curve slope just before reaching eccentric_slope_at_vmax")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (max_eccentric_velocity_force_multiplier, double,"Curve value at the maximum normalized eccentric contraction velocity")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (concentric_curviness, double,"Concentric curve shape, from linear (0) to maximal curve (1)")
 
 OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY (eccentric_curviness, double,"Eccentric curve shape, from linear (0) to maximal curve (1)")
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Function
 Function ()
 
 Function (const Function &aFunction)
 
virtual ~Function ()
 
virtual void init (Function *aFunction)
 
Functionoperator= (const Function &aFunction)
 
virtual double calcDerivative (const std::vector< int > &derivComponents, const SimTK::Vector &x) const
 Calculate a partial derivative of this function at a particular point. More...
 
virtual int getArgumentSize () const
 Get the number of components expected in the input vector. More...
 
virtual int getMaxDerivativeOrder () const
 Get the maximum derivative order this Function object can calculate. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Object
virtual ~Object ()
 Virtual destructor for cleanup. More...
 
virtual Objectclone () const =0
 Create a new heap-allocated copy of the concrete object to which this Object refers. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getConcreteClassName () const =0
 Returns the class name of the concrete Object-derived class of the actual object referenced by this Object, as a string. More...
 
virtual const VisibleObjectgetDisplayer () const
 Methods to support making the object displayable in the GUI or Visualizer Implemented only in few objects. More...
 
virtual VisibleObjectupdDisplayer ()
 get Non const pointer to VisibleObject More...
 
bool isEqualTo (const Object &aObject) const
 Equality operator wrapper for use from languages not supporting operator overloading. More...
 
Objectoperator= (const Object &aObject)
 Copy assignment copies he base class fields, including the properties. More...
 
virtual bool operator== (const Object &aObject) const
 Determine if two objects are equal. More...
 
virtual bool operator< (const Object &aObject) const
 Provide an ordering for objects so they can be put in sorted containers. More...
 
void setName (const std::string &name)
 Set the name of the Object. More...
 
const std::string & getName () const
 Get the name of this Object. More...
 
void setDescription (const std::string &description)
 Set description, a one-liner summary. More...
 
const std::string & getDescription () const
 Get description, a one-liner summary. More...
 
const std::string & getAuthors () const
 Get Authors of this Object. More...
 
void setAuthors (const std::string &authors)
 Set Authors of this object, call this method in your constructor if needed. More...
 
const std::string & getReferences () const
 Get references or publications to cite if using this object. More...
 
void setReferences (const std::string &references)
 Set references or publications to cite if using this object. More...
 
int getNumProperties () const
 Determine how many properties are stored with this Object. More...
 
const AbstractPropertygetPropertyByIndex (int propertyIndex) const
 Get a const reference to a property by its index number, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...
 
AbstractPropertyupdPropertyByIndex (int propertyIndex)
 Get a writable reference to a property by its index number, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...
 
bool hasProperty (const std::string &name) const
 Return true if this Object has a property of any type with the given name, which must not be empty. More...
 
const AbstractPropertygetPropertyByName (const std::string &name) const
 Get a const reference to a property by its name, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...
 
AbstractPropertyupdPropertyByName (const std::string &name)
 Get a writable reference to a property by its name, returned as an AbstractProperty. More...
 
template<class T >
bool hasProperty () const
 Return true if this Object contains an unnamed, one-object property that contains objects of the given template type T. More...
 
template<class T >
const Property< T > & getProperty (const PropertyIndex &index) const
 Get property of known type Property<T> as a const reference; the property must be present and have the right type. More...
 
template<class T >
Property< T > & updProperty (const PropertyIndex &index)
 Get property of known type Property<T> as a writable reference; the property must be present and have the right type. More...
 
void setObjectIsUpToDateWithProperties ()
 When an object is initialized using the current values of its properties, it can set a flag indicating that it is up to date. More...
 
bool isObjectUpToDateWithProperties () const
 Returns true if no property's value has changed since the last time setObjectIsUpToDateWithProperties() was called. More...
 
void readObjectFromXMLNodeOrFile (SimTK::Xml::Element &objectElement, int versionNumber)
 We're given an XML element from which we are to populate this Object. More...
 
virtual void updateFromXMLNode (SimTK::Xml::Element &objectElement, int versionNumber)
 Use this method to deserialize an object from a SimTK::Xml::Element. More...
 
virtual void updateXMLNode (SimTK::Xml::Element &parent)
 Serialize this object into the XML node that represents it. More...
 
bool getInlined () const
 Inlined means an in-memory Object that is not associated with an XMLDocument. More...
 
void setInlined (bool aInlined, const std::string &aFileName="")
 Mark this as inlined or not and optionally provide a file name to associate with the new XMLDocument for the non-inline case. More...
 
std::string getDocumentFileName () const
 If there is a document associated with this object then return the file name maintained by the document. More...
 
void setAllPropertiesUseDefault (bool aUseDefault)
 
bool print (const std::string &fileName)
 Write this Object into an XML file of the given name; conventionally the suffix to use is ".osim". More...
 
std::string dump (bool dumpName=false)
 dump the XML representation of this Object into an std::string and return it. More...
 
void clearObjectIsUpToDateWithProperties ()
 For testing or debugging purposes, manually clear the "object is up to date with respect to properties" flag. More...
 
virtual bool isA (const char *type) const
 The default implementation returns true only if the supplied string is "Object"; each Object-derived class overrides this to match its own class name. More...
 
const std::string & toString () const
 Wrapper to be used on Java side to display objects in tree; this returns just the object's name. More...
 
PropertySetgetPropertySet ()
 OBSOLETE: Get a reference to the PropertySet maintained by the Object. More...
 
const PropertySetgetPropertySet () const
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Function
static FunctionmakeFunctionOfType (Function *aFunction, const std::string &aNewTypeName)
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from OpenSim::Object
static const std::string DEFAULT_NAME
 Name used for default objects when they are serialized. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from OpenSim::Function
void resetFunction ()
 This should be called whenever this object has been modified. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from OpenSim::Function
SimTK::Function * _function
 

Detailed Description

This class serves as a serializable ForceVelocityCurve for use in muscle models.

The force-velocity curve is dimensionless: force is normalized to maximum isometric force and velocity is normalized to the maximum muscle contraction velocity (vmax), where vmax is expressed in units of optimal_fiber_lengths per second. Negative normalized velocities correspond to concentric contraction (i.e., shortening). The force-velocity curve is constructed from 8 properties:

Parameters
concentricSlopeAtVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of -1, which is the minimum slope of the concentric side of the force-velocity curve. A physiologically accurate value for this paramter is 0, though values greater than 0 are necessary when the force-velocity curve must be inverted.
concentricSlopeNearVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized concentric (shortening) contraction velocity (between approximately -0.8 and -1).
isometricSlopeThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 0, which is the maximum slope of the force-velocity curve. A physiologically accurate value for this parameter is 5 (according to Leiber, page 55), which is the default value. Although this parameter can be changed, it must be positive and greater than max( (maxEccentricMultiplier-1)/1, 1). The value of this parameter also affects how much the eccentric and concentric curves can be bent by the 'eccentricCurviness' and 'concentricCurviness' parameters, as it places an upper limit on the maximum slope of the force-velocity curve.
eccentricSlopeAtVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 1, which is the minimum slope of the eccentric side of the force-velocity curve.
eccentricSlopeNearVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized eccentric (lengthening) contraction velocity (between approximately 0.8 and 1).
maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplierThe value of the force-velocity curve (i.e., the force-velocity multiplier) at the maximum eccentric contraction velocity. Physiologically acccurate values for this parameter range between 1.1 and 1.8, and may vary between subjects.
concentricCurvinessA dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the concentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'concentricSlopeNearVmax' and 'isometricSlope', as shown in the figure.
eccentricCurvinessA dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the eccentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'isometricSlope' and 'eccentricSlopeNearVmax', as shown in the figure.
fig_ForceVelocityCurve.png

Conditions

 1)  0 <= concentricSlopeAtVmax < 1
2a)  1 < isometricSlope
2b)  (maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier-1)/1 < isometricMaxSlope
 3)  0 <= eccentricSlopeAtVmax < (maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier-1)/1
 4)  1 < maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier
 5)  0 <= concentricCurviness <= 1
 6)  0 <= eccentricCurviness <= 1

Default Parameter Values

concentricSlopeAtVmax .................. 0.0
concentricSlopeNearVmax ................ 0.25
isometricSlope ......................... 5.0
eccentricSlopeAtVmax ................... 0.0
eccentricSlopeNearVmax ................. 0.15
maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier .... 1.4
concentricCurviness .................... 0.6
eccentricCurviness ..................... 0.9

Example

ForceVelocityCurve fvCurve(0.0, 0.25, 5.0, 0.0, 0.15, 1.4, 0.6, 0.9);
double falVal = fvCurve.calcValue(1.0);
double dfalVal = fvCurve.calcDerivative(1.0, 1);

References

  • Lieber, R.L. (2010) Skeletal Muscle Structure, Function, and Plasticity: The Physiological Basis of Rehabilitiation, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Note that this object should be updated through the set methods provided. These set methods will take care of rebuilding the curve correctly. If you modify the properties directly, the curve will not be rebuilt, and upon calling a function like calcValue, calcDerivative, or printCurveToCSVFile, an exception will be thrown because the curve is out-of-date with its properties.

Author
Matt Millard

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::ForceVelocityCurve ( )

The default constructor creates a force-velocity curve using the default property values and assigns a default name.

OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::ForceVelocityCurve ( double  concentricSlopeAtVmax,
double  concentricSlopeNearVmax,
double  isometricSlope,
double  eccentricSlopeAtVmax,
double  eccentricSlopeNearVmax,
double  maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier,
double  concentricCurviness,
double  eccentricCurviness 
)

Constructs a force-velocity curve using the provided parameters and assigns a default name.

Member Function Documentation

double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::calcDerivative ( double  normFiberVelocity,
int  order 
) const

Calculates the derivative of the force-velocity multiplier with respect to the normalized fiber velocity.

Parameters
normFiberVelocityThe normalized velocity of the muscle fiber.
orderThe order of the derivative. Only values of 0, 1, and 2 are acceptable.
Returns
The derivative of the force-velocity curve with respect to the normalized fiber velocity.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::calcValue ( const SimTK::Vector &  x) const
inlineoverridevirtual

Implement the generic OpenSim::Function interface.

Reimplemented from OpenSim::Function.

double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::calcValue ( double  normFiberVelocity) const

Evaluates the force-velocity curve at a normalized fiber velocity of 'normFiberVelocity'.

void OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::ensureCurveUpToDate ( )
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getConcentricCurviness ( ) const
Returns
A dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the concentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'concentricSlopeNearVmax' and 'isometricSlope', as shown in the figure in the class description.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getConcentricSlopeAtVmax ( ) const
Returns
The slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of -1, which is the minimum slope of the concentric side of the force-velocity curve.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getConcentricSlopeNearVmax ( ) const
Returns
The slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized concentric (shortening) contraction velocity (between approximately -0.8 and -1).
SimTK::Vec2 OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getCurveDomain ( ) const

Returns a SimTK::Vec2 containing the lower (0th element) and upper (1st element) bounds on the domain of the curve.

Outside this domain, the curve is approximated using linear extrapolation.

Returns
The minimum and maximum value of the domain, x, of the curve y(x). Within this range, y(x) is a curve; outside this range, the function y(x) is a C2-continuous linear extrapolation.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getEccentricCurviness ( ) const
Returns
A dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the eccentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'isometricSlope' and 'eccentricSlopeNearVmax', as shown in the figure in the class description.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getEccentricSlopeAtVmax ( ) const
Returns
The slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 1, which is the minimum slope of the eccentric side of the force-velocity curve.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getEccentricSlopeNearVmax ( ) const
Returns
The slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized eccentric (lengthening) contraction velocity (between approximately 0.8 and 1).
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getIsometricSlope ( ) const
Returns
The slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 0, which is the maximum slope of the force-velocity curve.
double OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::getMaxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier ( ) const
Returns
The value of the force-velocity curve (i.e., the force-velocity multiplier) at the maximum eccentric contraction velocity.
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( concentric_slope_at_vmax  ,
double  ,
"Curve slope at the maximum normalized concentric (shortening) velocity (normalized velocity of -1)"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( concentric_slope_near_vmax  ,
double  ,
"Curve slope just before reaching concentric_slope_at_vmax"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( isometric_slope  ,
double  ,
"Curve slope at isometric (normalized velocity of 0)"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( eccentric_slope_at_vmax  ,
double  ,
"Curve slope at the maximum normalized eccentric (lengthening) velocity (normalized velocity of 1)"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( eccentric_slope_near_vmax  ,
double  ,
"Curve slope just before reaching eccentric_slope_at_vmax"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( max_eccentric_velocity_force_multiplier  ,
double  ,
"Curve value at the maximum normalized eccentric contraction velocity"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( concentric_curviness  ,
double  ,
"Concentric curve  shape,
from linear(0) to maximal curve(1)"   
)
OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::OpenSim_DECLARE_PROPERTY ( eccentric_curviness  ,
double  ,
"Eccentric curve  shape,
from linear(0) to maximal curve(1)"   
)
void OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::printMuscleCurveToCSVFile ( const std::string &  path)

Generates a .csv file with a name that matches the curve name (e.g., "bicepsfemoris_ForceVelocityCurve.csv").

This function is not const to permit the curve to be rebuilt if it is out-of-date with its properties.

Parameters
pathThe full destination path. Note that forward slashes ('/') must be used and there should not be a slash after the last folder.

The file will contain the following data:

column: 1 | 2 |     3 |       4
  data: x | y | dy/dx | d2y/dx2

Samples will be taken from the concentric linear extrapolation region (the region with normalized fiber velocities < -1), through the curve, out to the eccentric linear extrapolation region (the region with normalized fiber velocities > 1). The width of each linear extrapolation region is 10% of the curve domain, or 0.1*(x1-x0). The curve is sampled quite densely: the force-velocity .csv file will have 200+20 rows.

Example To read the .csv file into Matlab, you need to set csvread to ignore the header row. Since csvread is 0-indexed, the following example will begin reading the .csv file from the first column of the second row:

data = csvread('bicepsfemoris_ForceVelocityCurve.csv', 1, 0);
void OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::setConcentricCurviness ( double  aConcentricCurviness)
Parameters
aConcentricCurvinessA dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the concentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'concentricSlopeNearVmax' and 'isometricSlope', as shown in the figure in the class description.

Conditions

0 <= concentricCurviness <= 1
void OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::setCurveShape ( double  aConcentricSlopeAtVmax,
double  aConcentricSlopeNearVmax,
double  aIsometricSlope,
double  aEccentricSlopeAtVmax,
double  aEccentricSlopeNearVmax,
double  aMaxForceMultiplier 
)
Parameters
aConcentricSlopeAtVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of -1, which is the minimum slope of the concentric side of the force-velocity curve.
aConcentricSlopeNearVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized concentric (shortening) contraction velocity (between approximately -0.8 and -1).
aIsometricSlopeThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 0, which is the maximum slope of the force-velocity curve.
aEccentricSlopeAtVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve at a normalized velocity of 1, which is the minimum slope of the eccentric side of the force-velocity curve.
aEccentricSlopeNearVmaxThe slope of the force-velocity curve near the maximum normalized eccentric (lengthening) contraction velocity (between approximately 0.8 and 1).
aMaxForceMultiplierThe value of the force-velocity curve (i.e., the force-velocity multiplier) at the maximum eccentric contraction velocity.

Conditions

1a)  0 <= concentricSlopeAtVmax < 1
1b)  concentricSlopeAtVmax < concentricSlopeNearVmax < 1
2a)  1 < isometricSlope
2b)  (maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier-1)/1 < isometricMaxSlope
3a)  0 <= eccentricSlopeAtVmax < (maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier-1)/1
3b)  eccentricSlopeAtVmax < eccentricSlopeNearVmax < (maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier-1)/1
 4)  1 < maxEccentricVelocityForceMultiplier
void OpenSim::ForceVelocityCurve::setEccentricCurviness ( double  aEccentricCurviness)
Parameters
aEccentricCurvinessA dimensionless parameter between 0 and 1 that describes the shape of the eccentric curve: a value of 0 indicates that the curve is very close to a straight line segment and a value of 1 indicates a curve that smoothly fills the corner formed by the linear extrapolation of 'isometricSlope' and 'eccentricSlopeNearVmax', as shown in the figure in the class description.

Conditions

0 <= eccentricCurviness <= 1

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