TY - GEN
T1 - Wheelchair propulsion analysis system that incorporates human skeletal muscular model analyses on the flat floor and slope
AU - Hanafusa, Akihiko
AU - Sugawara, Motoki
AU - Fuwa, Teruhiko
AU - Ikeda, Tomozumi
AU - Suzuki, Naoki
AU - Hattori, Asaki
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A wheelchair propulsion analysis system that can be used to generate the motion of propulsion and calculate the driving force and the muscular force using a human model having a skeleton and muscles was developed. To evaluate the driving force and muscular forces calculated by the analysis system, typical forward movement of two cycles of propulsion from the start-up on a flat floor and on a slope were measured and the movement including the trunk was input to the system. In addition, the muscular forces of biceps, triceps, clavicular and acromion deltoids, pectoralis major and extensor carpi radialis were evaluated by electromyogram. The calculated driving force was in good agreement with the measured driving force even on the slope and the trend of calculated muscular force corresponded with measured electromyogram data. The system is effective for analyzing the driving force and load on muscles during the wheelchair propulsion.
AB - A wheelchair propulsion analysis system that can be used to generate the motion of propulsion and calculate the driving force and the muscular force using a human model having a skeleton and muscles was developed. To evaluate the driving force and muscular forces calculated by the analysis system, typical forward movement of two cycles of propulsion from the start-up on a flat floor and on a slope were measured and the movement including the trunk was input to the system. In addition, the muscular forces of biceps, triceps, clavicular and acromion deltoids, pectoralis major and extensor carpi radialis were evaluated by electromyogram. The calculated driving force was in good agreement with the measured driving force even on the slope and the trend of calculated muscular force corresponded with measured electromyogram data. The system is effective for analyzing the driving force and load on muscles during the wheelchair propulsion.
KW - Human model
KW - Muscular force
KW - Propulsion
KW - Wheelchair
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-79982-5_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-79982-5_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50249088864
SN - 3540799818
SN - 9783540799818
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 70
EP - 80
BT - Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality - 4th International Workshop, Proceedings
T2 - 4th International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, MIAR 2008
Y2 - 1 August 2008 through 2 August 2008
ER -