Is my model good enough? Best practices for verification and validation of musculoskeletal models and simulations of movement.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

• Publication date

  2015-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1115/1.4029304PMID 25474098PMCID PMC4321112
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