A new methodology for biofidelic head-neck postural control

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Nemirovsky, Nicolás; van Rooij, Lex

A new methodology for biofidelic head-neck postural control

Proceedings of the 2010 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

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¹TNO Automotive
Abstract and keywords

Active safety systems require accurate modelling of human behaviour. The effect of bracing, together with an appropriate human head/neck stability control are essential in the study of pre-crash behaviour and neck injury, since they can account for changes in apparent joint stiffness in the neck. In this paper a biofidelic postural control of the head and neck with co-contraction ratio is implemented. The controller is implemented in Matlab and coupled with a MADYMO human body model. A validation is performed, comparing the new controlled system with experiments with test subjects in the pitch direction.

Keywords: Biofidelity, Biomechanics, Kinematics, Models, Neck

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