NSF Young Investigator - Computer Simulation of Human Move- ment.

该奖项将资助计算机模拟人类运动领域的研究。研究将集中在方法的比例名义模型的下肢，以达到准确的估计力矩臂的不同大小的个人。这些预测将通过对尸体的测量来验证。类似的儿童缩放研究将基于核磁共振成像测量，并通过尸体研究进行验证。这些缩放研究是重要的，因为运动模拟需要精确估计力臂。该模型还将用于模拟许多手术，包括肌腱转移、截骨和关节置换术。NYI的奖金还将帮助研究者创建一个教学实验室，专注于生物动力学模拟。基于模拟实验室的三门课程；即运动生物力学、生物动力学模拟实验室和高级生物动力学。

This NYI award will fund research in the area of computer simulation of human movement. The research will focus on methods to scale nominal models of the lower limbs to arrive at accurate estimates of the moment arms of various sized individuals. The predictions will be verified using cadaver measurements. Similar scaling studies for children will be based on MRI measurements and also verified through cadaver studies. These scaling studies are important since movement simulations require accurate estimates of moment arms. The model also will be used to simulate a number of surgeries including tendon transfers, osteotomies, and joint replacements. The NYI award also will help the investigator create a teaching laboratory that focuses on biodynamic simulations. Three courses based on the simulation laboratory; namely, Biomechanics of Movement, Biodynamics Simulation Laboratory, and Advanced Biodynamics, will be developed.