Title :
Interactions of costimulated muscle in paraplegics
Author :
Rategh, Hamid Reza ; Chizeck, Howard J.
Author_Institution :
VA Motion Study Lab., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The torque production of electrically stimulated short-head biceps and quadriceps muscles in complete paraplegic subjects is investigated. During isometric costimulation of this agonist-antagonist pair, the resultant torque is not the simple sum of the torque of the muscles if they were stimulated separately. This has important implications for the use of costimulated muscle in FES neuroprosthetic devices
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; muscle; prosthetics; torque; FES neuroprosthetic devices; agonist-antagonist pair; complete paraplegic subjects; costimulated muscle interactions; electrically stimulated short-head biceps muscles; functional electrical stimulation; isometric costimulation; muscle torque; paralysed people; quadriceps muscles; Biological control systems; Electrodes; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Extremities; Muscles; Neural prosthesis; Production; Pulse width modulation; Sequences; Torque;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.657032
