Title :
Strategies in muscle recruitment for FES in walking restoration
Author :
Pedotti, Antonio ; Ferrarin, Maurizio
Author_Institution :
Centro di Bioingegneria, Politecnica di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
The authors describe criteria for choosing the best stimulation pattern to be used in walking restoration by FES (functional electrical stimulation). For this purpose, a mathematical model of the human locomotor apparatus which provides the kinematics on the basis of muscular torques is presented. The results of simulation and the integration of the model in the general problem of multichannel implanted stimulation are illustrated
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; kinematics; muscle; patient treatment; physiological models; functional electrical stimulation; human locomotor apparatus; mathematical model; multichannel implanted stimulation; walking restoration; Algorithm design and analysis; Foot; Humans; Joints; Kinematics; Lagrangian functions; Legged locomotion; Mathematical model; Muscles; Recruitment;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96058
