title: A comparative study of impact dynamics: wobbling mass model versus rigid body models.
abstract: We demonstrate that the results of inverse dynamics depend sensitively on the model used to simulate the human body. For this reason we produce "ideal" input data of the ground reaction force and the heel acceleration for a computer simulated drop jump with a wobbling mass model. Then we determine the internal torques and forces in the knee and hip joint via inverse dynamics by employing a rigid body model. It turns out that during the impact phase the analysis with the rigid body model yields completely incorrect internal torques and forces.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ruder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Denoth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000465:Algorithms; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003654:Deceleration; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology; D006365:Heel / Q000502:physiology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D007867:Leg Bones / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D019415:Torque; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*