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function a_muscle = muscle_activation_dynamics(excitation, tspan)
%{
function for defining the muscle activation based on the muscle excitation.
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Syntax :
a_muscle = muscle_activation_dynamics(excitation, tspan)
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Description :
Muscle activation is based on the muscle excitation. This activation
dynamic is adapted from two papers, including Thelen 2003 and Millard 2013.
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%}
% set integration properties
odeoptions = odeset('RelTol',1e-5,'MaxStep',1e-3);
% lower band on the activation to avoid singularity
a_min = 0.00;
% define the initial condition such that the system will start off
% following the slow manifold of the solution
activation_0 = (1 - a_min)*excitation(1, 2) + a_min; % initial condition
% solve the differential equation
sol = ode45(@(t, activation) activation_statespace(t, activation, excitation), tspan, activation_0, odeoptions);
% output the result
a_muscle = sol;
return;
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% this function is the activation dynamics state space
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function dadt = activation_statespace(t, activation, excitation)
% lower band on the activation to avoid singularity
a_min = 0.00;
% time constants for activation and deactiation
tau_act = 30e-3; % [s]
tau_dact = 40e-3; % [s]
% define the transformed dynamics
a_hat = (activation - a_min)/(1 - a_min);
% get the excitation
u = interp1(excitation(:,1), excitation(:,2), t);
if u <0
u = 0;
end
% define the time constant
if le(u, a_hat) % muscle in deactivation regime
tau = tau_dact/(0.5 + 1.5*a_hat);
else
tau = tau_act*(0.5 + 1.5*a_hat);
end
% define the activation dynamics
dadt = (u - a_hat)/tau;
return;
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