Functional electrical stimulation (FES) pedaling can provide spinal cord injured (SCI) individuals with cardiorespiratory and muscular strength benefits. A limiting factor in FES pedaling benefit to the SCI population is the low endurance of electrically stimulated muscle. Because a reduction of the force-time integral for a single muscle group leads to an increase in the duration of the force generating capacity of the muscle group [1–2], we sought to test whether reducing the stress-time integral of multiple muscle groups working together could increase the endurance and work performed during FES pedaling. To this end, the objectives of this study were to: 1) compute the electrical stimulation timing patterns that minimize the stress-time integral of the muscles used to pedal a FES ergometer, 2) compare the simulated mechanical energies generated by the muscles with the computed electrical stimulation on and off times, and 3) test the efficacy of the computed electrical stimulation timing patterns in an experimental setting.
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ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference
June 17–21, 2009
Lake Tahoe, California, USA
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- Bioengineering Division
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978-0-7918-4891-3
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Muscle Stimulation Waveform Timing Patterns to Increase Muscular Endurance in Functional Electrical Stimulation Pedaling Using a Forward Dynamic Model Available to Purchase
Nils A. Hakansson,
Nils A. Hakansson
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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Maury L. Hull
Maury L. Hull
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Nils A. Hakansson
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Maury L. Hull
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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SBC2009-206785, pp. 1221-1222; 2 pages
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July 19, 2013
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Hakansson, NA, & Hull, ML. "Muscle Stimulation Waveform Timing Patterns to Increase Muscular Endurance in Functional Electrical Stimulation Pedaling Using a Forward Dynamic Model." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference. ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. Lake Tahoe, California, USA. June 17–21, 2009. pp. 1221-1222. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2009-206785
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