\chapter{Conclusion}
\label{ch:conclusion}

Musculoskeletal modeling and simulation is an instrumental tool in understanding muscle function involved in 
biped walking. However creating these simulations at an anatomically realistic level is impossible without 
proper experimental data. If phenomena shall be studied at a more abstract and fundamental level, the models 
and the input need to be abstracted accordingly.

The OpenSim software was used to analyze the feasibility of such an abstract-level musculoskeletal simulation 
using locomotor primitives patterns. However the focus of usage for OpenSim currently is in areas where 
adequate and precise experimental data is available or can easily be generated.

More abstract -- bottom-up built -- models such as the ones used by Geyer and Herr \cite{Geyer2010}, Marques et 
al. \cite{Marques2012a, Marques2012} or Wang et al. \cite{Wang2012} are more suitable for these kinds of 
analyses. Such an abstracted model could possibly also be built inside OpenSim, however the tools it currently 
provides to achieve this are limited in their functionality.