EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biological Engineering, 2011.
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| author | Wang, Jing, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Hugh Herr and Ed Boyden. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/761102019-04-12T21:30:27Z EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion Wang, Jing, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hugh Herr and Ed Boyden. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Biological Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Biological Engineering. Biological Engineering. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biological Engineering, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Similar to biological human ankle, today's commercially available powered ankle-foot prostheses can vary impedance and deliver net positive ankle work. These commercially available prostheses are intrinsically controlled. Users cannot intuitively change ankle controller's behavior to perform movements that are not part of the repetitive walking gait cycle. For example, when transition from level ground walking to descending stairs, user cannot intuitively initiate or control the amount of ankle angle deflexion for a more normative stair descent gait pattern. This paper presents a hybrid controller that adds myoelectric control functionality to an existing intrinsic controller. The system employs input from both mechanical sensors on the ankle as well as myoelectric signals from gastrocnemius muscle of the user. This control scheme lets the user to modulate the gain of command ankle torque upon push off during level ground walking and stair ascent. It also allows the user to interrupt level ground walking control cycle and initiate ankle plantar flexion during stair descent. As a preliminary study, ankle characteristics such as ankle angle and torque were measured and compared to biological ankle characteristics. Results show that the proposed hybrid controller can maintain existing controller's biomimetic characteristics. In addition, it can also recognize to a qualitative extent the intended command torque for ankle push off and user's desire to switch between control modalities for different terrains. The study shows that it is possible and desirable to use neural signals as control signals for prosthetic leg controllers. Keyword: Myoelectric control, powered prosthesis, proportional torque control by Jing Wang. M.Eng. 2013-01-07T21:21:37Z 2013-01-07T21:21:37Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76110 820554551 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 60 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Biological Engineering. Wang, Jing, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title | EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title_full | EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title_fullStr | EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title_full_unstemmed | EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title_short | EMG control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| title_sort | emg control of prosthetic ankle plantar flexion |
| topic | Biological Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76110 |
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