A collaborative benchmark for the validation of Hill-type muscle models in multibody dynamics frameworks

Muscle activity plays a fundamental role in human movement and constitutes a key variable for understanding neuromuscular function. Accurate knowledge of muscle behavior can contribute to elucidating the mechanics underlying movement, as well as to characterizing the muscular function of non-pathological and pathological individuals. In this context, computational modeling of muscle function has emerged as a powerful non-invasive approach to simulate skeletal muscle behavior during human motion, overcoming many of the constraints associated with experimental methodologies.