Proportional myoelectric control of a virtual object to investigate human efferent control
dc.contributor.author | Gordon, Keith E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ferris, Daniel P. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T17:54:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T17:54:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Gordon, Keith E.; Ferris, Daniel P.; (2004). "Proportional myoelectric control of a virtual object to investigate human efferent control." Experimental Brain Research 159(4): 478-486. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46539> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-1106 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0014-4819 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46539 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=15258714&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | We used proportional myoelectric control of a one-dimensional virtual object to investigate differences in efferent control between the proximal and distal muscles of the upper limbs. Eleven subjects placed one of their upper limbs in a brace that restricted movement while we recorded electromyography (EMG) signals from elbow flexors/extensors or wrist flexors/extensors during isometric contractions. By activating their muscles, subjects applied virtual forces to a virtual object using a real-time computer interface. The magnitudes of these forces were proportional to EMG amplitudes. Subjects used this proportional EMG control to move the virtual object through two tracking tasks, one with a static target and one with a moving target (i. e., a sine wave). We hypothesized that subjects would have better control over the virtual object using their distal muscles rather than using their proximal muscles because humans typically use more distal joints to perform fine motor tasks. The results indicated that there was no difference in subjects’ ability to control virtual object movements when using either upper arm muscles or forearm muscles. These results suggest that differences in control accuracy between elbow joint movements and wrist joint movements are more likely to be a result of motor practice, proprioceptive feedback or joint mechanics rather than inherent differences in efferent control. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Electromyography | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Motor Learning | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Motor Control | en_US |
dc.subject.other | LifeSciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Human–Computer Interface | en_US |
dc.title | Proportional myoelectric control of a virtual object to investigate human efferent control | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Neurosciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Movement Science, University of Michigan, 401 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103–2214, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Movement Science, University of Michigan, 401 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103–2214, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 15258714 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46539/1/221_2004_Article_1970.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-004-1970-6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Experimental Brain Research | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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