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--- visual3d:documentation:modeling:segments:normalizing_the_pelvis_segment_angle_example [2024/07/17 15:45] – created sgranger
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-====== Normalizing the Pelvis Segment Angle Example ======
+====== Example: Normalizing the Pelvis Segment Angle ======
-==== Normalizing the Pelvis Segment Angle ====
+Both the [[visual3d:documentation:modeling:segments:coda_pelvis|Coda]] and [[visual3d:documentation:modeling:segments:helen_hayes_davis_pelvis|Helen Hayes (Davis)]] definitions of the pelvis segment are tilted forward approximately 20 degrees from the horizontal. In describing the orientation of the pelvis or for describing the hip joint angle, however, it is often convenient to define a pelvis angle that has a coronal plane parallel to the floor, e.g., a vertical segment with zero tilt.
-The Coda and Helen Hayes pelvis are tilted forward approximately 20 degrees from the horizontal.
+|{{:SegmentExample4_9.png?300}}|
+|**An example pelvis segment. The segment coordinate system's coronal plane is not aligned with the floor.**|
-In describing the orientation of the pelvis or for describing the hip joint angle, it is often convenient to define a pelvis angle that has a coronal plane parallel to the floor (eg a vertical segment with zero tilt).
+This example demonstrates how to create a [[visual3d:documentation:modeling:segments:virtual_segments|virtual (kinematic only) pelvis segment]] that uses the same tracking as your default Coda or Helen Hayes pelvis but has a segment coordinate system whose coronal plane is parallel with the floor. This results in [[visual3d:documentation:visual3d_signal_types:link_model_based_data_type:joint_angle#joint_angle_normalization|normalizing]] the hip joint angle.
-=== Step 1. Create landmarks along the Iliac Crest vertically above the hip joint landmarks. ===
+===== Landmark Definitions =====
-{{:SegmentExample4_8.png}}\\
+We need to define landmarks along the Iliac Crest which are positioned vertically above the hip joint landmarks.
+**Step 1**. Created a right Iliac Crest landmark.
-Note that the Z edit box contains the subject metric **0.5*ASIS_DISTANCE** there are no strict dimensions, but it is convenient to base it partly on the subjects size. Note that this will end up being the length of a virtual pelvis segment, and will not be used for any inverse dynamics calculations, so the distance does not actually matter because only the orientation of the segment coordinate system will be used for segment and joint angles.
+{{:SegmentExample4_8.png}}
-{{:SegmentExample4_9.png}}\\
+**NOTE**: The Z edit box contains the subject metric **0.5*ASIS_DISTANCE** as there are no strict dimensions, but it is convenient to base it partly on the subject's size. This will end up being the length of a virtual pelvis segment but will not be used for any inverse dynamics calculations, so the distance does not actually matter because only the orientation of the segment coordinate system will be used for segment and joint angles.
+**Step 2**. Create a left iliac crest landmark.
-Create a left iliac crest landmark
+{{:SegmentExample4_10.png}}
-{{:SegmentExample4_10.png}}\\
+===== Segment Definition =====
-=== Step 2. Create a Visual3D pelvis that is kinematic only. ===
+We will now use the landmarks created above to define our virtual pelvis segment.
-{{:SegmentExample4_11.png}}\\
+**Step 3**. Create a kinematic-only segment named RPV_2.
+{{:SegmentExample4_11.png}}
-use the hip landmarks and the iliac crest landmarks
+**Step 4**. Define the new pelvis segment as having:
+  - its proximal end at the midpoint of the iliac crest landmarks defined above;
+  - its distal end at the midpoint of the hip joint centre landmarks; and
+  - using the same pelvis tracking markers as the original pelvis (LASI, RASI, SACR for a Coda pelvis).
-{{:SegmentExample4_12.png}}\\
+{{:SegmentExample4_12.png}}
+===== Result =====
-Use Coda pelvis tracking markers LASI, RASI, SACR
+Your model now contains 2 pelvis segments named **Pelvis** and **RPV_2**. Pelvis segment RPV_2 has a z-axis that is now directed vertically upward, which means that its angle relative to the lab will have no anterior tilt.
-{{:SegmentExample4_13.png}}\\
+{{:SegmentExample4_13.png?300}}
-There are now 2 pelvis segments labeled **Pelvis** and **RPV_2**
-Pelvis segment RPV_2 has a z-axis that is now directed vertically upward, which means that the pelvis segment angle relative to the laboratory will have no anterior tilt.
-Pelvis segment angle and Hip joint angle can now be defined relative to segment RPV_2.
-For example,
-{{:SegmentExample4_14.png}}
+The pelvis segment angle and hip joint angle can now be defined relative to segment RPV_2.