Does anode position and electrode impedance affect muscle selectivity in upper limb sFES?

Aikaterini D. Koutsou; Eduardo Rocon; Jose L Pons

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_30

Does anode position and electrode impedance affect muscle selectivity in upper limb sFES?

Aikaterini D. Koutsou^*, Eduardo Rocon, Jose L Pons

^*Corresponding author for this work

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Abstract

Muscle selectivity during sFES in upper limb is an issue because of the presence of the “overflow” phenomenon. Surface electrodes array can augment muscle selectivity by generating an irregular electric field under their surface. A study on a) the influence of the anode electrode position factor and b) the impedance of the hydrogel membrane of the electrode array factor to muscle selectivity was made. A platform consisted of a garment with incorporated kinematic sensors and a multi-channel sFES system with an electrode array was used. We concluded that muscle selectivity is correlated to the anode position and the impedance of the hydrogel membrane.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Biosystems and Biorobotics
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	191-195
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_30
State	Published - 2013

Publication series

Name	Biosystems and Biorobotics
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-3570

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

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abstract = "Muscle selectivity during sFES in upper limb is an issue because of the presence of the “overflow” phenomenon. Surface electrodes array can augment muscle selectivity by generating an irregular electric field under their surface. A study on a) the influence of the anode electrode position factor and b) the impedance of the hydrogel membrane of the electrode array factor to muscle selectivity was made. A platform consisted of a garment with incorporated kinematic sensors and a multi-channel sFES system with an electrode array was used. We concluded that muscle selectivity is correlated to the anode position and the impedance of the hydrogel membrane.",

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note = "Funding Information: This work has been done with partial financial support of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, in the framework of national project HYPER(CSD 2009-00067- Hybrid Neuroprosthetic and Neurorobotic Devices for Functional Compensation and Rehabilitation of Motor Disorders) and European Union, 7 Framework contract ICT-2011.5.1-287739, “NeuroTREMOR: A novel concept for support to diagnosis and remote management of tremor”. th Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.",

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