Abstract
The feasibility of trunk stabilization was demonstrated during the standing of an individual with paraplegia by using functional electrical stimulation (FES). A control system was designed for the feedback control of the sagittal and the coronal trunk inclination angles. The system was constructed of two proportional-and-derivative (PD) controllers and a three-dimensional co-activation stimulation map. The clinical evaluation of the effect in disturbance suppression was performed by applying a step disturbance, in an individual with spinal cord injury at thoracic eighth level. The pelvis and the lower extremities were fixed by using parallel bars and knee-ankle-foot-orthosis. The decrease of the backward sway magnitude by using the proposed system was confirmed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1141-1142 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 Dec 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 17th Annual Conference and 21st Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference. Part 2 (of 2) - Montreal, Can Duration: 1995 Sep 20 → 1995 Sep 23 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Health Informatics