Preliminary evidence of dynamic muscular synergies in human grasping
Castellini C, Van Der Smagt P (2011)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2011
Pages Range: 28-33
Conference Proceedings Title: IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011
Event location: EST
ISBN: 9781457711589
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2011.6088612
Abstract
Motor synergies have been investigated since the 1980s as a simplifying paradigm of motor control by the nervous system. In particular, it is believed that they allow control of the highly redundant kinematic chain of the human hand by the central nervous system. Whereas so far the focus has been on kinematic synergies, that is common patterns in the motion of the hand and fingers, we hereby also investigate their dynamic aspect, evaluated through surface electromyography. We especially show that dynamic motor synergies exist, i.e., that muscles are activated synergistically; and that these synergies are largely comparable to one another across human subjects, even though surface electromyography is usually disturbed by muscle crosstalk, sweating, anatomical differences and inaccurate electrode positioning. If confirmed, these results would have applications, e.g., in control of advanced robotic hands. © 2011 IEEE.
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APA:
Castellini, C., & Van Der Smagt, P. (2011). Preliminary evidence of dynamic muscular synergies in human grasping. In IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011 (pp. 28-33). EST.
MLA:
Castellini, Claudio, and Patrick Van Der Smagt. "Preliminary evidence of dynamic muscular synergies in human grasping." Proceedings of the IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011, EST 2011. 28-33.
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