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bmech_bodyCOM

PURPOSE ^

bmech_bodyCOM computes the overall body center of mass based on weightings of individual

SYNOPSIS ^

function bmech_bodyCOM(fld)

DESCRIPTION ^

 bmech_bodyCOM computes the overall body center of mass based on weightings of individual
 segment COM and adds information as new channel in file

 ARGUMENTS
  fld    ... folder to operate on

 NOTES
 - Formula for whole body COM based on ratios from Demster 
  COM = sum(m_i com_i) / sum (m_i)
  COM = (m_1 *com_1 + m_2*com_2 + ... + m_n * com_n )  / sum (m_i)
  COM = m_1*com_1 / sum(m_i) + m_2*com_2 / sum(m_i) + .. + m_n*com_n / sum(m_i)
  COM = r_1 *com_1 + r_2 *com_2 + ... + r_n *com_n 
  for each m_i the ratio r_i was used. 

 see http://health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/Software/dempster.pdf for list
 of ratios

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION ^

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