TY - GEN
T1 - Fundamental study on evaluation of rotator cuff function using three-dimensional force display robot
AU - Hiramatsu, Yuki
AU - Iida, Yuki
AU - Yamazaki, Kazunori
AU - Morita, Yoshifumi
AU - Ukai, Hiroyuki
AU - Komori, Kenji
AU - Taguchi, Shinya
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The final aim of our research is to develop an evaluation system of rotator cuff function quantitatively using the three dimensional force display robot. The rotator cuff is made up of four inner muscles that act to stabilize the shoulder. Because of inner muscles, it is difficult to evaluate rotator cuff function directly. In this paper we perform three fundamental experiments to develop new evaluation methods of rotator cuff function. In the evaluation methods isotonic force is measured in various positions of an upper limb by using the force sensor, and muscular activity is measured by surface electromyography. The differences between the healthy shoulder and the disabled shoulder were found by the new proposed evaluation methods. From the results of experiments, the availability of the proposed methods is verified.
AB - The final aim of our research is to develop an evaluation system of rotator cuff function quantitatively using the three dimensional force display robot. The rotator cuff is made up of four inner muscles that act to stabilize the shoulder. Because of inner muscles, it is difficult to evaluate rotator cuff function directly. In this paper we perform three fundamental experiments to develop new evaluation methods of rotator cuff function. In the evaluation methods isotonic force is measured in various positions of an upper limb by using the force sensor, and muscular activity is measured by surface electromyography. The differences between the healthy shoulder and the disabled shoulder were found by the new proposed evaluation methods. From the results of experiments, the availability of the proposed methods is verified.
KW - Quantitative Evaluation
KW - Rehabilitation Support Robot
KW - Rotator Cuff Function
KW - Upper Limb
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84855771024
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84855771024#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098586
DO - 10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098586
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855771024
SN - 9781424493524
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
SP - 1319
EP - 1323
BT - Proceedings - 2011 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
Y2 - 15 October 2011 through 17 October 2011
ER -