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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Join the Next OpenSim Webinar “Metabolic Cost Modeling: Experimental Validation and Predictive Simulations”</span></b><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">September 26, 2019 at 10am Pacific Daylight Time</span></i><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">In this webinar, Anne Koelewijn from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Antonie van den Bogert from Cleveland State University will discuss their
investigation into whether muscle activation or metabolic energy is minimized during human movement. They will highlight their experimental validation of seven different metabolic models and discuss their predictive simulations using objectives of metabolic
cost versus that of squared muscle activation. </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://simtk.webex.com/simtk/onstage/g.php?MTID=e229017b7d1fcac4c33e14bf5f955d8b6" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Learn more
and register</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Register for CAMS-Knee OpenSim Workshop</span></b><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">February 4-7th, 2020 in Zürich, Switzerland</span></i><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">November 1, 2019 - Abstract submission deadline</span></i><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">November 15, 2019 - Early bird registration deadline</span></i><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We invite you to participate in a 4-day workshop, featuring a unique live collection of </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="http://www.wiki.orthoload.com/index.php/Knee_joint" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">in
vivo knee joint contact forces</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> and tendon loading datasets, which will be used by participants throughout the workshop. These measurements will be complemented by keynote
lectures, software demonstrations, participant research talks, and free time for participants to work on their own projects and consult with experts. The workshop is based on the joint project “</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://cams-knee.orthoload.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CAMS-Knee</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">”
from the Laboratory for Movement Biomechanics, ETH Zurich & Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätmedizin Berlin. It is limited to 200 people, so please make sure to register early for the event. Participants are also encouraged to submit an abstract
for research talks and poster awards. </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://opensim2020.ethz.ch/registration/" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Register now</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Open-Source Software Framework Available to Predict Human Movement De Novo</span></b><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thomas Geijtenbeek, a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University, has released the software
<a href="http://scone.software/">SCONE</a> (<b>S</b>imulated <b>C</b>ontroller <b>
O</b>ptimizatio<b>N E</b>nvironment). Unlike traditional simulation approaches, which rely on existing data and cannot predict new behavior, SCONE computes motion trajectories based on high-level objectives such as stability, energy efficiency, and pain avoidance.
The open-source software framework provides a graphical user interface and currently supports OpenSim models and simulations. The website provides several examples of tasks which utilize SCONE, including predictions of a standing high jump, healthy gait, and
gait for individuals with weak plantarflexors and/or short hamstrings. SCONE builds upon Dr. Geijtenbeek’s NCSRR Visiting Scholar project.
<a href="https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.01421" title="https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.01421">
Read more about SCONE</a>. </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://scone.software/doku.php?id=install" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Download SCONE </span></a></span><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"> </span><span style="color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Joy P. Ku, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Project Manager,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://simtk.org/"><span style="color:black">SimTK</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Director of Communications & Training,
<a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/"><span style="color:#404040">NCSRR</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Director of Communications & Engagement,
<a href="http://mobilize.stanford.edu/"><span style="color:#404040">Mobilize Center</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Stanford University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">(w) 650.736.8434<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Email: <a href="mailto:joyku@stanford.edu">
<span style="color:#0563C1">joyku@stanford.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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