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An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes
The instantaneous (ISA) and average (ASA) screw axes are techniques commonly adopted in motion analysis to functionally locate the rotation axis and center of rotation of a joint. Several approaches for calculating such axes were proposed in literature and the main limitations were identified as the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275218 |
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author | Ancillao, Andrea Vochten, Maxim Verduyn, Arno De Schutter, Joris Aertbeliën, Erwin |
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description | The instantaneous (ISA) and average (ASA) screw axes are techniques commonly adopted in motion analysis to functionally locate the rotation axis and center of rotation of a joint. Several approaches for calculating such axes were proposed in literature and the main limitations were identified as the need for using a threshold on angular displacements or velocities for handling the cases where the ISA is ill-defined and the need for a method for reliably estimating the center or rotation in limit cases, such as a purely rotational motion in the three-dimensional space. Furthermore, in many applications, such as in biomechanics, it is useful to statistically estimate the dispersion or variation of the ISA with respect to the ASA. In this paper we propose a novel method for estimating an ASA. Our method represents an improvement over previous methods as it: (i) exploits an optimization procedure based on the instantaneous differential kinematics (screw twist); (ii) removes the need for a threshold by introducing a weighting based on the norm of angular velocity; (iii) handles the singular cases where the position of the ASA is ill-defined by proposing a regularization term in the optimization. In addition, we proposed a method for estimating the uncertainty in the ASA calculation. The same quantities serve as a measure of the dispersion of the ISAs with respect to the ASA. The method was tested on real data and surrogate data: (i) a human gait analysis trial representing the motion of a knee, (ii) the experimental recording of the free swing motion of a mechanical hinge and (iii) synthetically generated motion data of a purely rotational (cylindrical) motion. The results showed that the new method had a lower sensitivity to noise, was able to reasonably handle the singular cases and provide a detailed analysis of ISA dispersion. |
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spelling | pubmed-95761072022-10-18 An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes Ancillao, Andrea Vochten, Maxim Verduyn, Arno De Schutter, Joris Aertbeliën, Erwin PLoS One Research Article The instantaneous (ISA) and average (ASA) screw axes are techniques commonly adopted in motion analysis to functionally locate the rotation axis and center of rotation of a joint. Several approaches for calculating such axes were proposed in literature and the main limitations were identified as the need for using a threshold on angular displacements or velocities for handling the cases where the ISA is ill-defined and the need for a method for reliably estimating the center or rotation in limit cases, such as a purely rotational motion in the three-dimensional space. Furthermore, in many applications, such as in biomechanics, it is useful to statistically estimate the dispersion or variation of the ISA with respect to the ASA. In this paper we propose a novel method for estimating an ASA. Our method represents an improvement over previous methods as it: (i) exploits an optimization procedure based on the instantaneous differential kinematics (screw twist); (ii) removes the need for a threshold by introducing a weighting based on the norm of angular velocity; (iii) handles the singular cases where the position of the ASA is ill-defined by proposing a regularization term in the optimization. In addition, we proposed a method for estimating the uncertainty in the ASA calculation. The same quantities serve as a measure of the dispersion of the ISAs with respect to the ASA. The method was tested on real data and surrogate data: (i) a human gait analysis trial representing the motion of a knee, (ii) the experimental recording of the free swing motion of a mechanical hinge and (iii) synthetically generated motion data of a purely rotational (cylindrical) motion. The results showed that the new method had a lower sensitivity to noise, was able to reasonably handle the singular cases and provide a detailed analysis of ISA dispersion. Public Library of Science 2022-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9576107/ /pubmed/36251697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275218 Text en © 2022 Ancillao et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ancillao, Andrea Vochten, Maxim Verduyn, Arno De Schutter, Joris Aertbeliën, Erwin An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title | An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title_full | An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title_fullStr | An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title_full_unstemmed | An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title_short | An optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
title_sort | optimal method for calculating an average screw axis for a joint, with improved sensitivity to noise and providing an analysis of the dispersion of the instantaneous axes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275218 |
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