Title :
Computer aided rehabilitation engineering (CARE) system with a walking model
Author :
Hase, Kazunori ; Obinata, Goro ; Nakayama, Atsushi ; Obara, Mitsuhiro ; Adachi, Norimasa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes a computer simulation model of human walking that seeks to improve the practicability of the simulation method for application to rehabilitation. The musculo-skeletal system was represented by a three-dimensional, 14-rigid-link model and 60 muscle models. Muscular forces were controlled by a neuronal system model consisting of 16 pairs of the neural oscillators. This simulation model was applied to investigate biomechanical relationship between walking stability and body dynamics properties. Such simulation methods will provide us with a novel computational assessment tool of human movement that we call computer aided rehabilitation engineering (CARE) system.
Keywords :
biomechanics; bone; muscle; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; physiological models; 14-rigid-link model; biomechanical relationship; body dynamics properties; computational assessment tool; computer aided rehabilitation engineering system; computer simulation model; human walking; muscle models; muscular forces; musculo-skeletal system; neural oscillators; neuronal system model; rehabilitation; walking model; walking stability; Application software; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Force control; Humans; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Oscillators; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering, 2003. IEEE EMBS Asian-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7943-8
DOI :
10.1109/APBME.2003.1302666
