TY - GEN
T1 - Co-contraction of antagonist muscles during knee extension against gravity
T2 - 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2012
AU - Lynch, Cheryl L.
AU - Sayenko, Dimitry
AU - Popovic, Milos R.
N1 - 23366271
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Functional electrical stimulation (FES) involves electrically stimulating the neuromuscular system to generate skeletal muscle contractions in paralyzed muscles. Several new FES applications have been proposed that require closed-loop control systems. Co-contraction of antagonist muscle groups has been postulated as a promising approach for closed-loop control of FES systems. However, this control approach has not yet been used in practical FES applications, in part due to a lack of information concerning how able-bodied subjects use co-contraction of antagonist muscles during standard control tests such as unit step and sinusoidal responses. The purpose of this work is to elucidate how able-bodied individuals use co-contraction by analyzing the EMG activity of antagonist muscles during voluntary knee extension against gravity. The results clearly demonstrate that able-bodied subjects use a co-contraction strategy when executing standard control performance tests, and strengthen the argument for using a co-contraction strategy for closed-loop FES control algorithms. These data will inform the development of new and effective controllers for FES applications.
AB - Functional electrical stimulation (FES) involves electrically stimulating the neuromuscular system to generate skeletal muscle contractions in paralyzed muscles. Several new FES applications have been proposed that require closed-loop control systems. Co-contraction of antagonist muscle groups has been postulated as a promising approach for closed-loop control of FES systems. However, this control approach has not yet been used in practical FES applications, in part due to a lack of information concerning how able-bodied subjects use co-contraction of antagonist muscles during standard control tests such as unit step and sinusoidal responses. The purpose of this work is to elucidate how able-bodied individuals use co-contraction by analyzing the EMG activity of antagonist muscles during voluntary knee extension against gravity. The results clearly demonstrate that able-bodied subjects use a co-contraction strategy when executing standard control performance tests, and strengthen the argument for using a co-contraction strategy for closed-loop FES control algorithms. These data will inform the development of new and effective controllers for FES applications.
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U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346310
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346310
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23366271
AN - SCOPUS:84880768298
SN - 9781424441198
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
SP - 1843
EP - 1846
BT - 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012
Y2 - 28 August 2012 through 1 September 2012
ER -