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  • Title: [Mathematical model of the hindlimbs control during cat locomotion with balance].
    Author: Lyakhovetskii VA, Gorskii OV, Gerasimenko YP, Musienko PE.
    Journal: Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova; 2015 Feb; 101(2):200-13. PubMed ID: 26012112.
    Abstract:
    The musculoskeletal model of cat's hind limbs, capable to step while maintaining balance, was developed using the MatLab. The skeletal part of the model (spine, pelvis, hips, shanks, foots) was created at SimMechanics. The joint in the spine attachment to the support and hip joint have three degrees of freedom. Knee and ankle joints have one degree of freedom. The pelvis is rigidly connected to the spine. The control of the skeleton's segments is done by six groups of muscles (flexors and extensors of hips, knees and ankles), modeled using the package VirtualMuscle. The generalized lateral force exerted on the spine was introduced to compensate insecure lateral deviations. Experimental verification of the model realness have shown that its locomotor characteristics (e. g., muscles activation patterns, oscillation period of pelvis, correlation between step length and maximal lateral shift of pelvis) do not significantly differ from the locomotion of decerebrate cats. The simulation confirms the key role of lateral force evolved by paravertebral and abductor-adductor muscles in the control of lateral stability during locomotion.
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