A computer model of the human arm to study the control of FES-assisted reaching

Author

Davoodi, R. ; Loeb, G.E.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2505

Abstract

A biomechanical model of a partially paralyzed human arm has been developed to aid in analysis of FES controllers for reaching in quadriplegia. The model represents an average adult arm and is based on data from cadaver measurements reported in the literature. Particular emphasis has been placed on the accuracy of parameters that are important for control, including the moment arms for muscles that act on multiple degrees of freedom and the range of sarcomere lengths over which each muscle operates. Sharing and upgrading the model are facilitated by the use of popular modeling and simulation environments.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; digital simulation; medical computing; medical control systems; neuromuscular stimulation; physiological models; FES controllers; FES-assisted reaching control; average adult arm; biomechanical model; computer model; functional electrical stimulation; moment arms; movements stimulation; parameters accuracy; partially paralyzed human arm; quadriplegia; sarcomere length; simulation environment; Arm; Biomedical measurements; Cadaver; Computational modeling; Elbow; Humans; Joints; Muscles; Power system modeling; Shoulder;

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.2002.1053397

Filename

1053397