DocumentCode
384724
Title
Identification of reflex and intrinsic stiffness in spastic stroke ankles
Author
Galiana, L. ; Kearney, R.E. ; Choi, J. ; Tung, J. ; Fun, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
23-26 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
2445
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe ankle stiffness in stroke patients using the system identification method. The results of this study show that ankle stiffness is Increased in spastic stroke patients. The increased stiffness is mostly due to the reflex stiffness component. Furthermore, the reflex gain was the parameter that best explained the increase in the reflex stiffness.
Keywords
biomechanics; biomedical measurement; brain; elasticity; electromyography; neuromuscular stimulation; ankle stiffness; intrinsic stiffness; reflex gain; reflex stiffness; reflex stiffness component; spastic stroke ankles; spastic stroke patients; stroke patients; system identification method; Accidents; Actuators; Biomedical engineering; Delay estimation; Frequency estimation; Hospitals; Muscles; Parametric statistics; System identification; Torque;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7612-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053367
Filename
1053367
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