Posture prediction with external loads - a pilot study

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1014-1023

  Liu, Qinghua ^a,b   Marler, Tim ^a   Yang, Jingzhou James ^c   Kim, Joo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; EXTERNAL LOADS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN MODELING; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT TORQUES; KINEMATIC FORMULATION; NUMERICAL OUTPUT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; PILOT STUDIES; POSTURE PREDICTION; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; REACTION FORCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RIGHT AND LEFT; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; TARGET POINT; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DESIGN; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORECASTING; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953185254     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-0921     Document Type: Article

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