Implementation of a physiologically identified PD feedback controller for regulating the active ankle torque during quiet stance

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Vette, Albert H ^a,b   Masani, Kei ^a,b   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active ankle torque; Functional electrical stimulation; Neurological time delay; Proportional and derivative (PD) feedback control

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; TIME DELAY; CONTROLLERS; DELAY CIRCUITS; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ROBUST CONTROL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SYSTEM THEORY; TORQUE;

ACTIVE ANKLE TORQUE; DE-EFFERENTED; FEEDBACK CONTROLLER; NEUROLOGICAL TIME DELAYS; PLANTAR FLEXORS;

NEUROLOGY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STANDING; TORQUE; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

A-CENTER; ANKLE JOINTS; BODY SWAY; CLOSED-LOOP; CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK; CONTROL COMMAND; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FEEDBACK CONTROLLER; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; MCCORMICK; MOTOR COMMANDS; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; NEUROLOGICAL TIME DELAY; P-D FEEDBACK; PD CONTROLLERS; PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS; PROPORTIONAL AND DERIVATIVE (PD) FEEDBACK CONTROL; ROBUST SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VELOCITY INFORMATION; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU SYNDROME;

EID: 34250743514     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.897016     Document Type: Article

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