Title :
Coupling of central and peripheral mechanism on tremor
Author :
Zhang, Dingguo ; Zhu, Xiangyang ; Poignet, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Robot., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
fDate :
April 29 2009-May 2 2009
Abstract :
In this paper, the origin of tremor is studied based on a neuromusculoskeletal model in combination of central oscillation and peripheral mechanism. Matsuoka neural oscillator is adopted as the central oscillation that can generate tremor of wrist joint. It is known that reflex loops (spindle organ, Renshaw cell and Golgi tendon organ) in peripheral system can also cause tremor. The coaction of central oscillation and peripheral mechanism on the tremor is analyzed. Useful simulation results are given.
Keywords :
biomechanics; muscle; neurophysiology; oscillations; Matsuoka neural oscillator; neuromusculoskeletal model; reflex loops; tremor central oscillation; tremor peripheral mechanism; wrist joint; Biomembranes; Hafnium; Muscles; Musculoskeletal system; Neurons; Oscillators; Pathology; Robots; Tendons; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Engineering, 2009. NER '09. 4th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2072-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2073-5
DOI :
10.1109/NER.2009.5109380
