Multichannel FES for motor control of the disabled

Author

Handa, Yasunobu ; Hoshimiya, Nozomu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Anatomy & Adv. Med. Sci., Tohoku Univ. Sch. of Med., Sendai, Japan

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1002

Abstract

Multichannel functional electrical stimulation (FES) for restoring motor function of the disabled is described. The control strategy is based on simulating the morphology and function of the human motor system. Multichannel stimulation data were created from analytical results of averaged EMGs (electromyograms) during motion in normal subjects. Most of the paralyzed muscles were stimulated through percutaneously implanted electrodes according to the spatio-temporal sequence of stimulation data. Sensors for detecting control commands were developed after due consideration of daily activities of FES candidates

Keywords

biocontrol; bioelectric phenomena; muscle; orthotics; averaged EMGs; control strategy; disabled people; medical sensors; motor function restoration; multichannel functional electrical stimulation; normal subjects; paralyzed muscles; percutaneously implanted electrodes; Anatomy; Biomedical electrodes; Control systems; Electromyography; Extremities; Motion control; Motor drives; Muscles; Steel; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96055

Filename

96055