Full body OpenSim v4.x models.Notes View License
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Bruno AG, Bouxsein ML, and Anderson DE. Development and validation of a musculoskeletal model of the fully articulated thoracolumbar spine and rib cage. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 137(8), 081003, 2015. doi: 10.1115/1.4030408 (2015) View
Bruno AG, Burkhart K, Allaire B, et al. Spinal Loading Patterns from Biomechanical Modeling Explain the High Incidence of Vertebral Fractures in the Thoracolumbar Region. J Bone Miner Res 2017; 32(6): 1282–1290. (2017) View
Burkhart K, Grindle D, Bouxsein ML and Anderson DE. Between-session Reliability of Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Models of the Spine Derived from Optoelectronic Motion Capture Data. Journal of Biomechanics, 112:110044, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110044. (2020) View
Alemi MM, Banks JJ, Lynch AC, Allaire BT, Bouxsein ML, Anderson DE EMG validation of a subject-specific thoracolumbar spine musculoskeletal model during dynamic activities in older adults. Annals of Biomedical Engineering Oct 51(10): 2313-2322 (2023) View
Banks JJ, Wiggermann NE, Allaire BT, Anderson DE An Opensim Thoracolumbar Spine Model Applying a Bottom-Up Modelling Approach is Similar to a Top-Down Approach. Journal of Biomechanics, Vol 172, Article Number: BM_112230, ISSN 0021-9290 (2024) View
Previous Releases
This release includes male and female trunk models (v1.1) with updates to muscle properties, and male and female full body models (v1.2) adding lower extremities.Notes View License
Generic male and female models (version 1) of fully articulated thoracolumbar spine model with rib cage. Includes separate folders for male and female models. Male folder contains: Male OpenSim thoracolumbar spine model, geometry files, and an example motion file. Female folder contains: Female OpenSim thoracolumbar spine model, geometry files, and a document describing differences between male and female models. View License
Generic female model (version 1) of fully articulated thoracolumbar spine model with rib cage. Includes geometry files and document describing the changes from male to female model. View License
Generic male model (version 1)of fully articulated thoracolumbar spine model with rib cage. Includes geometry files and an example motion file. View License