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    Dear Sirs,

    I am working on my PhD on the Control System Laboratory
    of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the National
    Technical Universoty of Athens, Greece.

    I am working on a dynamic model of the
    human forearm-arm, concerning the flexion-extension of
    the elbow joint.

    As I have seen on a paper I should include passive moment
    for the elbow joint, which is calculated by the following
    formula:

    M(q) = Ko*q + bo*q_dot + k1*(exp(K2*q) -1)

    where q = angle of joint
    q_dot = velocity (=dq/dt)

    I wonder if it is critical to be added, and where
    can I fing those parameters: Ko, K1, K2, bo

    This formula is presented in the following paper:

    Winters, J. M. and Stark, L. (1985) Analysis of fundamental human movements patterns
    through the use of in-depth antagonistic muscle models. IEEE Trans. biomed. Engng 32,
    826-839.

    I would be very gratefull if anyone can send me this paper
    in pdf format, or advice me of this passive moment, and the
    significance of its existance in a dynamic model.

    The equation of the model that I have already developed is just
    the following, without any friction parts:

    (I+m*d^2)*q_ddot + m*g*d*cos(q) = M

    where I : moment of inertia with respect to elbow joint
    d : the distance between the joint and the center of mass
    of the forearm+hand
    q : the angle of joint
    q_ddot : second derivative of angle q
    m : mass of forearm+hand
    g : gravity
    M : torque produced by the muscle force

    Thank you in advance for your replies,

    Panagiotis Artemiadis


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    Panagiotis K. Artemiadis
    PhD Candidate
    Control Systems Laboratory
    Mechanical Eng. Dept
    National Technical University of Athens
    9 Heroon Polytechniou Str.,
    Zografou Athens 15700, Greece
    Phone : ++30 - 210 - 7723656
    http://users.ntua.gr/partem/
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