I am using OpenSim 4.4 on Windows and I am facing a few issues while scaling the model.
- Model used: Rajagopal et al., 2016 (doi: 10.1109/TBME.2016.2586891)
- During scaling, the Static Pose Weights are set to be: markers on bony locations, i.e., medial humeral epicondyle, both femoral epicondyles, both malleoli have the weight of 20.0, tracking markers (on the thighs and shanks) are set to have the weight of 0.0, and the remaining markers have the weight of 1.0
- The patient was severely overweight, therefore the hip markers could not be placed on bony landmarks of the pelvis and instead the patient wore a belt with 4 markers, which were placed in the approximate locations of both left and right anterior superior iliac spine and posterior superior iliac spine
Why is the head of the model tilted forward? The virtual markers (set as free in the marker set-up file) are matching the experimental ones, but not any more their appropriate location on the head, e.g., the markers on the back of the head are not even on the models head after scaling. The error I get is for the left marker on the back of the head: max = 0.172174 (lb_hd). I feel like if the head was in the right position, the whole torso of the model would not be so much bent forward and I would have a better fit.
Furthermore, why are the shoulder markers (originally placed on each acromion) drifting down? Originally they are placed on top of the acromion.
What I have tried so far:
- Setting the head and the shoulder markers fixed, as well as free
- Not giving any weight for the head markers during scaling (in the Static Pose Weights tab)
- Adjusting the location of the virtual markers
Thanks a lot,
Karolina Saegner