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Differentiate between active and passive muscle forces

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:39 am
by kshan
Hey :) ,

I am analyzing the effect of active muscles forces in an impact scenario. For this, I have used DeMers drop landing model as reference. I simulated two scenarios, one with controllers (muscle fiber stretch controller) to excite the muscles and second is without any controllers (a passive model). From the Forward Dynamics Analyses section, I selected Actuation and Muscle Analysis as required results, I got a bunch of .sto files as output. I have a couple of questions:

1. Opensim GUI shows a warning of '' 'MuscleFiberStretchController' is not a registered Object! '' and ''MuscleFiberStretchController not recognized''. Can someone tell me why does this message pop up. Should I neglect this message or is something wrong?

2. For my passive model, why does the results include activefiberforce.sto ?

3. What files should I refer to identify the effect of active muscles in my new model as compared to passive muscles in my previous model?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks :)

Re: Differentiate between active and passive muscle forces

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:29 am
by tkuchida
1. Opensim GUI shows a warning of '' 'MuscleFiberStretchController' is not a registered Object! '' and ''MuscleFiberStretchController not recognized''. Can someone tell me why does this message pop up. Should I neglect this message or is something wrong?
Have you forgotten to load a plugin that defines the MuscleFiberStretchController class?
2. For my passive model, why does the results include activefiberforce.sto ?
I presume you're running a MuscleAnalysis. The same quantities are reported regardless of their values.