Abstract

The objective of this contract is to study closed-loop control of hand grasp by functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) is an environment outside the laboratory. The Contractor shall also investigate the feasibility of integrating wrist control, pronation and supination of the forearm, and elbow control into FNS hand grasp systems. These studies will be conducted, in part, in human subjects who have paralyzed upper extremities as a result of upper motor neuron lesions.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01NS062338-003
Application #
2450990
Study Section
Project Start
1996-02-01
Project End
2000-01-31
Budget Start
1997-02-21
Budget End
1998-01-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Case Western Reserve University
Department
Biomedical Engineering
Type
Schools of Engineering
DUNS #
077758407
City
Cleveland
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
44106

  Publications

Lujan, J L; Crago, P E (2004) Computer-based test-bed for clinical assessment of hand/wrist feed-forward neuroprosthetic controllers using artificial neural networks. Med Biol Eng Comput 42:754-61
Lauer, R T; Peckham, P H; Kilgore, K L et al. (2000) Applications of cortical signals to neuroprosthetic control: a critical review. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 8:205-8
Adamczyk, M M; Crago, P E (2000) Simulated feedforward neural network coordination of hand grasp and wrist angle in a neuroprosthesis. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 8:297-304
Knutson, J S; Kilgore, K L; Mansour, J M et al. (2000) Intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to the passive moment at the metacarpophalangeal joint. J Biomech 33:1675-81
Wilson, D L; Zhu, Q; Duerk, J L et al. (1999) Estimation of tendon moment arms from three-dimensional magnetic resonance images. Ann Biomed Eng 27:247-56