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The scientific researches in the field of rehabilitation engineering are increasingly providing mechanisms in order to help people with disability to perform simple tasks of day-to-day. Several studies have been carried out highlighting the advantages of using muscle signal in order to control rehabilitation devices, such as experimental prostheses. This paper presents a study investigating the use...
Music electrotherapy is on the basis of electro-acupuncture, which combined music, electrode with electro-acupuncture. This method draws on the characteristics of both electrotherapy and music therapy music. Music electrotherapy through music and music signals acting on the hearing and body, increase or improve the person's psychological, physiological conditions, so as to achieve health, disease...
Motor imagery-based brain computer interface (BCI) technology has motor rehabilitation as one of its main fields of application. The use of a BCI as a neuroprosthetic for paralyzed limb motor restoration implies normally absence of muscle activity. It is still an open question whether residual motor activity in healthy individuals or in patients causes a bias in the modulation of a motor imagery-based...
Evaluations for gait rehabilitation is difficult because gait parameters change with individuals and situations, such as walking speeds and step length. Doctors suggest proper rehabilitation programs for patients after performing initial clinical evaluations. For the use of design and control of the NaTUre-gaits (natural and tuneable rehabilitation gait system), this paper provides a clinical analysis...
A methodology for studying the effect of vibrations generated by a haptic interface on upper limb is introduced. In the proposed methodology, a subject presses on a horizontally vibrating, rigid, virtual object with a cheap off-the-shelf (COTS) haptic device. When the subject feels vibrations of fixed amplitude and varying frequencies the electromyographic (EMG) activity of upper limb is recorded...
The objective of this work is to study the functional hand strength for ADL rehabilitation tasks based on EMG signals and gripping/pinch force measurement via multivariate data analysis (MVA): Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and Projections to Latent Structures (PLS). The study allows us to identify weak muscles of patients with motor weakness, such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and post-stroke...
While society is partly responsible for a feeling of isolation among children with learning disabilities, this isolation is exacerbated by the child's inability to adjust psychosocially. The authors hypothesize that social inclusion will be a natural outcome if technology can restore or assist the ability of basic self-expression and self-growth. One of the most promising methods of expression for...
Lumbar muscle activity assessment was useful in evaluating the muscle conditions of low back pain (LBP) patients. Among many assessment methods, surface electromyography (surface EMG) offered a non-invasive and objective alternative for muscle function studies. However there is no benchmark method for interpreting pathological significance of surface EMG. Surface EMG topography is a novel technique...
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