Host Mesh Fitting of a Generic Musculoskeletal Model of the Lower Limbs to Subject-Specific Body Surface Data: A Validation Study
Table 2
Average muscle volumes derived from the subject-specific MR images (MRI) compared to the predicted values from HMF for the children without CP and the children with CP.
Children without CP
Children with CP
MRI
HMF
value
MRI
HMF
value
Soleus
5.5 (0.84)
3.9 (0.30)
<0.01
4.5 (1.56)
3.7 (0.51)
>0.05
Gastrocnemius
4.4 (1.01)
3.6 (0.23)
>0.05
3.1 (1.26)
3.6 (0.56)
>0.05
Biceps femoris
2.3 (0.44)
3.5 (0.32)
<0.001
1.6 (0.41)
3.5 (0.33)
<0.001
Semi group
5.1 (0.91)
5.0 (0.30)
>0.05
3.9 (0.88)
5.5 (0.51)
<0.01
Rectus femoris
3.6 (0.69)
2.2 (0.22)
<0.01
2.6 (0.63)
2.3 (0.63)
>0.05
Vasti group
20.3 (2.80)
16.7 (1.16)
<0.05
15.9 (3.20)
16.5 (2.58)
>0.05
Difference between MRI and HMF statistically significant (repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison post hoc test, ).
