pykinematics.omc.utility.compute_thigh_origin

pykinematics.omc.utility.compute_thigh_origin(lat_fem_ep, med_fem_ep)

Compute the origin of the thigh.

Parameters:

lat_fem_ep : numpy.ndarray

1 or 2D (Nx3) array of positions of the lateral femoral epicondyle marker.

med_fem_ep : numpy.ndarray

1 or 2D (Nx3) array of positions of the medial femoral epicondyle marker.

Returns:

origin : numpy.ndarray

Array of the position of the thigh origin

References

Ren et al. “Whole body inverse dynamics over a complete gait cycle based only on measured kinematics.” J. of Biomech. 2008