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Automatic application of neural stimulation during wheelchair propulsion after SCI enhances recovery of upright sitting from destabilizing events.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The leading cause of injury for manual wheelchair users are tips and falls caused by unexpected destabilizing events encountered during everyday activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of automatically restoring seated stability to manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) via a threshold-based system to activate the hip and trunk muscles with electrical stimulation during potentially destabilizing events. METHODS:We detected and classified potentially destabilizing sudden stops and turns with a wheelchair-mounted wireless inertial measurement unit (IMU), and then applied neural stimulation to activate the appropriate muscles to resist trunk movement and restore seated stability. After modeling and preliminary testing to determine the appropriate inertial signatures to discriminate between events and reliably trigger stimulation, the system was implemented and evaluated in real-time on manual wheelchair users with SCI. Three participants completed simulated collision events and four participants completed simulated rapid turns. Data were analyzed as a series of individual case studies with subjects acting as their own controls with and without the system active. RESULTS:The controller achieved 93% accuracy in detecting collisions and right turns, and 100% accuracy in left turn detection. Two of the three subjects who participated in collision testing with stimulation experienced significantly decreased maximum anterior-posterior trunk angles (p?

SUBMITTER: Armstrong KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5848592 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Automatic application of neural stimulation during wheelchair propulsion after SCI enhances recovery of upright sitting from destabilizing events.

Armstrong Kiley L KL   Lombardo Lisa M LM   Foglyano Kevin M KM   Audu Musa L ML   Triolo Ronald J RJ  

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation 20180312 1


<h4>Background</h4>The leading cause of injury for manual wheelchair users are tips and falls caused by unexpected destabilizing events encountered during everyday activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of automatically restoring seated stability to manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) via a threshold-based system to activate the hip and trunk muscles with electrical stimulation during potentially destabilizing events.<h4>Methods</h4>We detected a  ...[more]

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