The Distributed Lambda (?) Model (DLM): A 3-D, Finite-Element Muscle Model Based on Feldman's ? Model; Assessment of Orofacial Gestures

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Title: The Distributed Lambda (?) Model (DLM): A 3-D, Finite-Element Muscle Model Based on Feldman's ? Model; Assessment of Orofacial Gestures
Language: English
Authors: Nazari, Mohammad Ali, Perrier, Pascal, Payan, Yohan
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Dec 2013 56(6):S1909-S1923.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Models, Biology, Human Body, Evaluation, Articulation (Speech), Stress Variables, Biomechanics, Computer Simulation, Comparative Analysis
ISSN: 1092-4388
Abstract: Purpose: The authors aimed to design a distributed lambda model (DLM), which is well adapted to implement three-dimensional (3-D), finite-element descriptions of muscles. Method: A muscle element model was designed. Its stress-strain relationships included the active force-length characteristics of the ? model along the muscle fibers, together with the passive properties of muscle tissues in the 3-D space. The muscle element was first assessed using simple geometrical representations of muscles in the form of rectangular bars. It was then included in a 3-D face model, and its impact on lip protrusion was compared with the impact of a Hill-type muscle model. Results: The force-length characteristic associated with the muscle elements matched well with the invariant characteristics of the ? model. The impact of the passive properties was assessed. Isometric force variation and isotonic displacements were modeled. The comparison with a Hill-type model revealed strong similarities in terms of global stress and strain. Conclusion: The DLM accounted for the characteristics of the ? model. Biomechanically, no clear differences were found between the DLM and a Hill-type model. Accurate evaluations of the ? model, based on the comparison between data and simulations, are now possible with 3-D biomechanical descriptions of the speech articulators because of the DLM.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2014
Access URL: https://jslhr.pubs.asha.org/Article.aspx?articleid=1802796
Accession Number: EJ1029456
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Purpose: The authors aimed to design a distributed lambda model (DLM), which is well adapted to implement three-dimensional (3-D), finite-element descriptions of muscles. Method: A muscle element model was designed. Its stress-strain relationships included the active force-length characteristics of the ? model along the muscle fibers, together with the passive properties of muscle tissues in the 3-D space. The muscle element was first assessed using simple geometrical representations of muscles in the form of rectangular bars. It was then included in a 3-D face model, and its impact on lip protrusion was compared with the impact of a Hill-type muscle model. Results: The force-length characteristic associated with the muscle elements matched well with the invariant characteristics of the ? model. The impact of the passive properties was assessed. Isometric force variation and isotonic displacements were modeled. The comparison with a Hill-type model revealed strong similarities in terms of global stress and strain. Conclusion: The DLM accounted for the characteristics of the ? model. Biomechanically, no clear differences were found between the DLM and a Hill-type model. Accurate evaluations of the ? model, based on the comparison between data and simulations, are now possible with 3-D biomechanical descriptions of the speech articulators because of the DLM.
ISSN:1092-4388