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The OpenSim Project and the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) at Stanford invite you to join our next webinar, featuring Brian Umberger from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Title: Using Musculoskeletal Modeling to Study Human Bipedalism Evolution
Speaker: Brian Umberger, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Time: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time
Registration: https://simtk.webex.com/simtk/onstag...63552845088d7a
DESCRIPTION
Modern humans are unique among mammals in habitually walking upright on two relatively straight legs. The transition to habitual bipedalism, beginning around 7 million years ago, involved substantial changes in the postcranial anatomy of our early human ancestors. Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives and possess many anatomical features that are found in the fossil hominin record. Thus, there has been considerable interest in how chimpanzee bipedal walking compares with that of modern humans. As part of a multi-faceted project on the evolution of bipedalism in the human lineage, we have developed an OpenSim musculoskeletal model of the chimpanzee pelvis and hind limb. In this webinar, we will describe the development and validation of the chimpanzee model, highlighting important differences with modern human locomotor anatomy. We will finish by briefly describing current applications of the model focused on better understanding the roles of skeletal morphology on locomotion from an evolutionary perspective.
Visit our website for more information and registration. The website also includes links to recordings of past webinars: http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/webinars.html. The OpenSim Webinar Series is funded by the NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR). Find out more about the NCSRR and the webinar series by visiting our website http://opensim.stanford.edu.
DETAILS
Title: Using Musculoskeletal Modeling to Study Human Bipedalism Evolution
Speaker: Brian Umberger, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Time: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time
Registration: https://simtk.webex.com/simtk/onstag...63552845088d7a
DESCRIPTION
Modern humans are unique among mammals in habitually walking upright on two relatively straight legs. The transition to habitual bipedalism, beginning around 7 million years ago, involved substantial changes in the postcranial anatomy of our early human ancestors. Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives and possess many anatomical features that are found in the fossil hominin record. Thus, there has been considerable interest in how chimpanzee bipedal walking compares with that of modern humans. As part of a multi-faceted project on the evolution of bipedalism in the human lineage, we have developed an OpenSim musculoskeletal model of the chimpanzee pelvis and hind limb. In this webinar, we will describe the development and validation of the chimpanzee model, highlighting important differences with modern human locomotor anatomy. We will finish by briefly describing current applications of the model focused on better understanding the roles of skeletal morphology on locomotion from an evolutionary perspective.
Visit our website for more information and registration. The website also includes links to recordings of past webinars: http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/webinars.html. The OpenSim Webinar Series is funded by the NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR). Find out more about the NCSRR and the webinar series by visiting our website http://opensim.stanford.edu.