Development of a muscle spindle model

Author

Mileusnic, M. ; Brown, I.E. ; Loeb, G.E.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2521

Abstract

We are constructing a physiologically realistic model of the muscle spindle to assist in the analysis of natural sensorimotor control and to design biomimetic systems for restoration of reach and grasp tasks of paralyzed arm and hand muscles by functional electrical stimulation (FES). The model is composed of mathematical elements that are closely related to the anatomical components of spindles. The current spindle model is reasonably accurate in predicting spindle afferent activity recorded during a variety of ramp, triangular and sinusoidal stretches applied under various fusimotor conditions.

Keywords

biocontrol; biomimetics; mechanoception; neuromuscular stimulation; physiological models; FES; anatomical components; fusimotor conditions; fusimotor drive; mathematical elements; muscle spindle; paralyzed arm muscles; paralyzed hand muscles; physiologically realistic model; primary afferent; proprioceptive feedback; ramp stretches; secondary afferent; sinusoidal stretches; triangular stretches; Biological system modeling; Biomedical engineering; Biomimetics; Biosensors; Damping; Force control; Muscles; Neuromuscular stimulation; Optical fiber sensors; Velocity control;

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.2002.1053406

Filename

1053406