A sensorimotor enhanced neuromusculoskeletal model for simulating postural control of upright standing
The human’s upright standing is a complex control process that is not yet fully understood. Postural control models can provide insights into the body’s internal control processes of balance behavior. Using physiologically plausible models can also help explaining pathophysiological motion behavior. In this paper, we introduce a neuromusculoskeletal postural control model using body sensor feedback that is able to produce reactive balance behavior. We showed that our model is capable of fulfilling tasks like quiet and perturbed upright standing and provides movements comparable to experimental data. This model represents the starting point for subsequent simulations of pathophysiological postural control behavior.
The article was recently published in Frontiers in Neuroscience and is available as open-access:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1393749