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A series of functional anatomy visualisations of sports actions were developed based on the Muscle Action Simulation Model. The aim was to provide the medical education community with accurate visual reference for the function of the musculo-skeletal system during certain sports actions. The initial focus was based on baseball pitch, kicking a ball and running. We used motion capture for the skeletal motion and the muscle action model to ìrigî groups of agonist muscles for each sports action. The results were incorporated in  the "Sports Injuries" DVD series published by Primal Pictures.

This work was part of the "Algorithmic Human Anatomy" project, partially funded by a SMART Exceptional Award from the London Development Agency, UK.
Implementation was based on Houdini 3D software with VEX, Hscript and OTL scripting.
Vassili acted as chief investigator and coordinator.