Quadriceps force

[Cosimo Aloisi]

Hi everybody,

I'm quite new about OpenSim and I'm using it to determine the force exerted by the femoral quadriceps during a squatjump.

Do I have to execute mandatorily the CMC tool (with its high execution time) and refer to the CMC output file "*_Actuation_force.sto" or is there another faster method?

Thanks very much!

Best regards,
Cosimo Aloisi

[jimmy d]

Hi Cosimo,

If you want cut down on time, you can run Static Optimization. Being an inverse method, it much runs faster than CMC.

Hope that helps,
-james

[Cosimo Aloisi]

Hi James,

however by plotting the column relative to the quadriceps force of the CMC output file "*_Actuation_force.sto" as a function of time is a correct way, isn't it?

Thanks a lot!

Best regards,
Cosimo Aloisi