Using biomechanical simulations to improve treatments for children with cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy is caused by injuries to the brain near the time of or shortly after birth, leading to difficulties with movement, among other symptoms. Simbios' OpenSim software simulates how muscles work together to generate movement and can be used to design better surgical treatments for children with cerebral palsy. More Read more about the research on using biomechanical variables to predict improvement in crouch gait, a common walking pattern observed in children with cerebral palsy, in this publication by Simbios faculty member Scott Delp. Contributors to the video are listed in the credits. For a list of contributors to the OpenSim project, visit the OpenSim website.

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• Virtual Physiological Human study groups on cancer models, multiscale models of the skeleton, and multiphysics modeling of the cardiovascular system, May 7-11, 2012 at UPF, Barcelona, Spain

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