Title :
Controllability in humans: an exploratory study
Author :
Lee, Dong Chul ; Sherwood, Arthur M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Houston Univ., TX, USA
Abstract :
Restoration of reduced or lost voluntary control after spinal cord injury (SCI) in humans is a key goal of SCI research. Objective methods to assess the degree of remaining motor control are lacking. This study proposes a motor task of alternating ankle movements, monitored by surface electromyography (sEMG) and movement sensors as a means of characterizing the limits of normal motor control. This paper presents normative results in ten healthy subjects for this voluntary motor task
Keywords :
biocontrol; electromyography; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; alternating ankle movements; controllability limits; human spinal cord injury; human-task interface; movement sensors; normal motor control limits; surface electromyography; upper motor neuron dysfunction; voluntary control restoration; voluntary motor task; Aging; Controllability; Electromyography; Frequency estimation; Humans; Motor drives; Muscles; Protocols; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802612
