Knee angle

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Antonio Campi
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Knee angle

Post by Antonio Campi » Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:32 am

Hello
I've a question regarding the data used for the calculatuon of the knee angle that is represented in the dashboard. What kind of data and values are used and in which plane the angle is considered?
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Matt Petrucci
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Re: Knee angle

Post by Matt Petrucci » Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:37 pm

Hi Antonio,

It's a 1 DOF knee. If you are interested in learning more about how IK is calculated in OpenSim, there is more documentation here: https://opensimconfluence.atlassian.net ... Kinematics

Hope this helps,
Matt
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