Evaluation of a gamified upper-arm bimanual trainer for stroke patients - A healthy cohort study

Prakash, Swamy Chandra and Ganguly, Suranjita and Yadav, Pradeep Kumar and Raghavan, Mohan and Sridharan, Kousik Sarathy (2020) Evaluation of a gamified upper-arm bimanual trainer for stroke patients - A healthy cohort study. In: SPCOM 2020 - International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, 19 July 2020 - 24 July 2020.

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Abstract

The current study aims to evaluate the bimanual trainer, ArmAble, using electrophysiology and kinematic data from a healthy cohort, that can help in creating a reliable rehabilitation schema. We use muscle activation patterns recorded through electromyography in healthy subjects, in order to understand the effect on synergies and activation patterns while using a bimanual trainer. We recorded electromyography from six muscles on either side (including four anti-gravity muscles) and kinematic data, while the subject uses the bimanual trainer to understand the muscular activation in the upper limbs. Experimental conditions included different complexity of reaching tasks and different inclinations. We computed the muscle output as quantified by RMS values and intermuscular coherence, which denotes common cortical drive and coordination between muscles. While inclination did not have a significant effect on RMS, there was a marginal yet non-significant effect on IMC. Whereas the complexity of the reaching task did affect the RMS, while it did not affect IMC. We discuss these results in the context of game design principles for neuro-rehabilitation.

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IITH Creators:

IITH Creators	ORCiD
Prakash, Swamy Chandra	UNSPECIFIED
Ganguly, Suranjita	UNSPECIFIED
Yadav, Pradeep Kumar	UNSPECIFIED
Raghavan, Mohan	UNSPECIFIED
Sridharan, Kousik Sarathy	UNSPECIFIED

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Activation patterns; Anti-gravity muscles; Experimental conditions; Healthy subjects; Muscle activation; Muscular activation; Neurorehabilitation; Stroke patients;Chemical activation; Digital storage; Electrophysiology; Kinematics; Muscle

Subjects:

Biomedical Engineering

Divisions:

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Depositing User:

. LibTrainee 2021

Date Deposited:

06 Aug 2021 09:53

Last Modified:

06 Aug 2021 09:53

URI:

http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/8713