SpasticMyoElbow: Physical Human-Robot Interaction Simulation Framework for Modelling Elbow Spasticity

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Autori principali: Yu, Hao, Huang, Zebin, Li, Yutong, Guo, Xinliang, Crocher, Vincent, Carlucho, Ignacio, Erden, Mustafa Suphi
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author Yu, Hao
Huang, Zebin
Li, Yutong
Guo, Xinliang
Crocher, Vincent
Carlucho, Ignacio
Erden, Mustafa Suphi
author_facet Yu, Hao
Huang, Zebin
Li, Yutong
Guo, Xinliang
Crocher, Vincent
Carlucho, Ignacio
Erden, Mustafa Suphi
contents Robotic devices hold great potential for efficient and reliable assessment of neuromotor abnormalities in post-stroke patients. However, spasticity caused by stroke is still assessed manually in clinical settings. The limited and variable nature of data collected from patients has long posed a major barrier to quantitatively modelling spasticity with robotic measurements and fully validating robotic assessment techniques. This paper presents a simulation framework developed to support the design and validation of elbow spasticity models and mitigate data problems. The framework consists of a simulation environment of robot-assisted spasticity assessment, two motion controllers for the robot and human models, and a stretch reflex controller. Our framework allows simulation based on synthetic data without experimental data from human subjects. Using this framework, we replicated the constant-velocity stretch experiment typically used in robot-assisted spasticity assessment and evaluated four types of spasticity models. Our results show that a spasticity reflex model incorporating feedback on both muscle fibre velocity and length more accurately captures joint resistance characteristics during passive elbow stretching in spastic patients than a force-dependent model. When integrated with an appropriate spasticity model, this simulation framework has the potential to generate extensive datasets of virtual patients for future research on spasticity assessment.
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spellingShingle SpasticMyoElbow: Physical Human-Robot Interaction Simulation Framework for Modelling Elbow Spasticity
Yu, Hao
Huang, Zebin
Li, Yutong
Guo, Xinliang
Crocher, Vincent
Carlucho, Ignacio
Erden, Mustafa Suphi
Robotics
Robotic devices hold great potential for efficient and reliable assessment of neuromotor abnormalities in post-stroke patients. However, spasticity caused by stroke is still assessed manually in clinical settings. The limited and variable nature of data collected from patients has long posed a major barrier to quantitatively modelling spasticity with robotic measurements and fully validating robotic assessment techniques. This paper presents a simulation framework developed to support the design and validation of elbow spasticity models and mitigate data problems. The framework consists of a simulation environment of robot-assisted spasticity assessment, two motion controllers for the robot and human models, and a stretch reflex controller. Our framework allows simulation based on synthetic data without experimental data from human subjects. Using this framework, we replicated the constant-velocity stretch experiment typically used in robot-assisted spasticity assessment and evaluated four types of spasticity models. Our results show that a spasticity reflex model incorporating feedback on both muscle fibre velocity and length more accurately captures joint resistance characteristics during passive elbow stretching in spastic patients than a force-dependent model. When integrated with an appropriate spasticity model, this simulation framework has the potential to generate extensive datasets of virtual patients for future research on spasticity assessment.
title SpasticMyoElbow: Physical Human-Robot Interaction Simulation Framework for Modelling Elbow Spasticity
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04700