Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period

Even in a state that the person is resting, the person vibrates with a small amplitude. This vibration is called human tremor. For example, when performing precise work such as watch assembly or surgical operation, the tremor will have an influence on the accuracy of work. In order to suppress the t...

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Main Author: Ikuma IKEDA
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2017-12-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/84/857/84_17-00322/_pdf/-char/en
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description Even in a state that the person is resting, the person vibrates with a small amplitude. This vibration is called human tremor. For example, when performing precise work such as watch assembly or surgical operation, the tremor will have an influence on the accuracy of work. In order to suppress the tremor, frequency spectrum analysis of the tremor is necessary. However, only dominant frequency of the tremor have been calculated in previous works. In this paper, human tremor model for frequency spectrum analysis is proposed. In the model, the tremor is regarded as forced vibration. Forearm is modeled as a rigid link, which is antagonistically driven by two Hill's muscle models. The stiffness of muscle model is considered as non-linear. This makes it possible to estimate the difference of frequency spectrum of the tremor occurs due to different angle of the elbow. Moreover, the force driving the forearm is generated from muscle by using leaky Integrate-and-Fire cell model. In a previous study, it was confirmed that neural cell had a refractory period, and there was randomness in the period. Therefore, in this study, the refractory period of the cell model is set to the normal distribution. Because the force is intermittently generated by the random period, the forearm is vibrated. The vibration spectrum obtained from the simulations and that obtained from the experiments quantitatively agreed.
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spelling doaj.art-ba1930292f604f3a8b594bfa8eb0aa852022-12-22T04:35:11ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612017-12-018485717-0032217-0032210.1299/transjsme.17-00322transjsmeHuman tremor model considering randomness of refractory periodIkuma IKEDA0Tokyo Institute of TechnologyEven in a state that the person is resting, the person vibrates with a small amplitude. This vibration is called human tremor. For example, when performing precise work such as watch assembly or surgical operation, the tremor will have an influence on the accuracy of work. In order to suppress the tremor, frequency spectrum analysis of the tremor is necessary. However, only dominant frequency of the tremor have been calculated in previous works. In this paper, human tremor model for frequency spectrum analysis is proposed. In the model, the tremor is regarded as forced vibration. Forearm is modeled as a rigid link, which is antagonistically driven by two Hill's muscle models. The stiffness of muscle model is considered as non-linear. This makes it possible to estimate the difference of frequency spectrum of the tremor occurs due to different angle of the elbow. Moreover, the force driving the forearm is generated from muscle by using leaky Integrate-and-Fire cell model. In a previous study, it was confirmed that neural cell had a refractory period, and there was randomness in the period. Therefore, in this study, the refractory period of the cell model is set to the normal distribution. Because the force is intermittently generated by the random period, the forearm is vibrated. The vibration spectrum obtained from the simulations and that obtained from the experiments quantitatively agreed.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/84/857/84_17-00322/_pdf/-char/enbiomechanicstremormodelingforced vibrationrefractory period
spellingShingle Ikuma IKEDA
Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
biomechanics
tremor
modeling
forced vibration
refractory period
title Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
title_full Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
title_fullStr Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
title_full_unstemmed Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
title_short Human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
title_sort human tremor model considering randomness of refractory period
topic biomechanics
tremor
modeling
forced vibration
refractory period
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/84/857/84_17-00322/_pdf/-char/en
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