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Build a linear muscle-path model from the moment-arm lookup

Source: R/muscle-tendon.R
defaultMusclePath.Rd

Constructs a musclePath() with a constant (angle-independent) moment arm taken from the anatomical lookup table, i.e. a linear MTU length L(theta) = slack_length - r * theta. Useful as a default path when no subject-specific polynomial model is available.

Usage

defaultMusclePath(muscle, joint = NULL, slack_length = 0.3, hill = NULL)

Arguments

muscle

Muscle name (as in momentArm()).

joint

Optional joint name (required only if the muscle appears for more than one joint).

slack_length

MTU slack length (m) offset (default 0.3).

hill

Optional Hill parameters (see musclePath()).

Value

A muscle_path object with a constant moment arm.

See also

musclePath(), muscleTendonKinematics()

Examples

defaultMusclePath("Soleus")
#> <muscle_path> Soleus 
#>   joints      : ankle 
#>   slack length: 0.3 m
#>   hill        : no