By Paavo Nyländen
I built this simplified full-body human musculoskeletal model using OpenSim 4.4 and OpenSim Creator. The model is based on the Rajagopal 2015 musculoskeletal framework and incorporates Millard 2012 equilibrium muscle models. My goal is to iteratively expand this foundation into a more anatomically comprehensive and functionally rich system.
My Master’s thesis in biomechanics focused on exploring how sensory stimuli applied to the fingers can be decoded from brain signals by utilizing magnetoencephalography (MEG) and support vector machines. We recorded MEG data from participants as they received stimuli to their fingers, then analyzed these signals and tried classification between the types of stimuli and the fingers stimulated.
Download my thesisThese are short scripts that perform simple gait analysis on motion capture (.c3d) and IMU data, such as identifying gait events and calculating toe clearance and gait asymmetry. Toe clearance, for example, is an important gait metric that can predict the risk of falls in the elderly.
This project was done in collaboration with the Centre of Military Medicine in Finland and it also served as my bachelor's thesis. The goal of this project was to develop and test a portable neck strength device for fighter pilots. Together with my supervisors we were able to get this study published as a technical note in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance.
I built this simple user interface with Java as a part of an advanced programming course. You can find the source code from my GitHub. The files and the app are written in Finnish.
