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02-24-2015, 02:27 AM
Sensorimotor Enhancing Suit Improves Upper Limb Function in Weak Patients
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The more our muscles strain in response to an external force the less they are able to sense the force’s strength and direction. That is one of the issues that people with a variety of disabilities involving weak muscles face: in addition to the loss of strength, they lose control and coordination of their weak arms and legs.
**w a research collaboration between scientists at Hiroshima University, Georgia Tech, and*Smart Support Tech**logies Inc. have developed an upper body vest that*lightens the load on the arm. The Sensorimotor Enhancing Suit (SEnS) doesn’t have any motors or other electronics, using passive techniques to function. This allows it to be an easy wear*and***t require any battery charging while providing effective sensorimotor support.
“Human muscular movement is well-k**wn anatomically and physiologically,” said Yuichi Kurita at the Institute of Engineering at Hiroshima University. “However, understandings of how to compute human musculoskeletal dynamics and build models of human sensation and motion using a computer are very limited. Furthermore, it is rare to develop products using a model that is computable in this research field. We calculated the movement of the human muscle using a computer and measured the maximum point of human sensorimotor function. SEnS is designed to improve sensorimotor performance during use. In the future, we can develop made-to-order SEnS in keeping with individual muscle movements using our technique.”
Study abstract:*Unloading muscle activation enhances force perception (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2582055)
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The more our muscles strain in response to an external force the less they are able to sense the force’s strength and direction. That is one of the issues that people with a variety of disabilities involving weak muscles face: in addition to the loss of strength, they lose control and coordination of their weak arms and legs.
**w a research collaboration between scientists at Hiroshima University, Georgia Tech, and*Smart Support Tech**logies Inc. have developed an upper body vest that*lightens the load on the arm. The Sensorimotor Enhancing Suit (SEnS) doesn’t have any motors or other electronics, using passive techniques to function. This allows it to be an easy wear*and***t require any battery charging while providing effective sensorimotor support.
“Human muscular movement is well-k**wn anatomically and physiologically,” said Yuichi Kurita at the Institute of Engineering at Hiroshima University. “However, understandings of how to compute human musculoskeletal dynamics and build models of human sensation and motion using a computer are very limited. Furthermore, it is rare to develop products using a model that is computable in this research field. We calculated the movement of the human muscle using a computer and measured the maximum point of human sensorimotor function. SEnS is designed to improve sensorimotor performance during use. In the future, we can develop made-to-order SEnS in keeping with individual muscle movements using our technique.”
Study abstract:*Unloading muscle activation enhances force perception (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2582055)
Press release: New Assistive Equipment to Maximize Human Sensorimotor Function… (http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=149993&CultureCode=en)
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