ArticleMuscle & nerve2018
Dynamic optimization of stimulation frequency to reduce isometric muscle fatigue using a modified Hill-Huxley model.
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- Measuring and modeling the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate and laryngeal muscles.Bioelectronic medicine · 2023Article
- Design of the Cooperative Actuation in Hybrid Orthoses: A Theoretical Approach Based on Muscle Models.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2019Article
- Stochastically modulated inter-pulse intervals to increase the efficiency of functional electrical stimulation cycling.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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introductionOptimal frequency modulation during functional electrical stimulation (FES) may minimize or delay the onset of FES-induced muscle fatigue.
methodsAn offline dynamic optimization method, constrained to a modified Hill-Huxley model, was used to determine the minimum number of pulses that would maintain a constant desired isometric contraction force.
resultsSix able-bodied participants were recruited for the experiments, and their quadriceps muscles were stimulated while they sat on a leg extension machine. The force-time (F-T) integrals and peak forces after the pulse train was delivered were found to be statistically significantly greater than the force-time integrals and peak forces obtained after a constant frequency train was delivered. DISCUSSION: Experimental results indicated that the optimized pulse trains induced lower levels of muscle fatigue compared with constant frequency pulse trains. This could have a potential advantage over current FES methods that often choose a constant frequency stimulation train. Muscle Nerve 57: 634-641, 2018.
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