Response of the neuromuscular system by simultaneous stimulation to the antagonistic muscle pair

Author

Hoshimiya, N. ; Watanabe, T. ; Murakami, H. ; Ohba, S. ; Futami, R. ; Handa, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

1469

Lastpage

1470

Abstract

This paper describes the behavior of the antagonistic muscle pair during simultaneous electrical stimulation. Forces were measured under the isometric condition using the ramp-shaped stimulation with the antagonistic stimulation and differential forces with respect to time were evaluated. Based on that evaluation, it was considered that the nonlinear response of the neuromuscular system was improved by simultaneous stimulation. This means that the simultaneous stimulation method is useful for controlling paralyzed muscles by Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES).

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; neuromuscular stimulation; antagonistic muscle pair; differential forces; functional electrical stimulation; isometric condition; neuromuscular system; paralyzed muscles; ramp-shaped stimulation; simultaneous electrical stimulation; Extremities; Force measurement; Frequency measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761880

Filename

5761880