Shoulder and upper limb rehabilitation
Introduction
The aim of our research group is to restore upper limb function in people with movement disorders following stroke, spinal cord injury or other neuromuscular condition. The recovery of movement in people with activity limiting disorders can allow the resumption of independent living, the maintenance of health through exercise and the reduction of pain and discomfort. We are interested in understanding the changes that take place in the neuromuscular system following stroke or spinal cord injury, and use this information to help us develop rehabilitation procedures and assistive devices to improve function.
On-going projects
- Shoulder pain and stability following stroke
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for arm function in hemiplegic stroke
- Advanced control of FES in spinal cord injury
- Real-time simulation of human arm dynamics
Group members
PhD students
- James Marchi, MSc.
Collaborators
- Prof. Robert Kirsch, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Dr. Ton van den Bogert, Orchard Kinetics LLC., Cleveland, Ohio.
- Prof. David Howard and Dr. Laurence Kenney, University of Salford, UK.
- Prof. Frans van der Helm, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
- Prof. DirkJan Veeger, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Dr. Phil Jones and Sarah Jones, Hywel Dda Health Board, Wales, UK.
Approaches
- Musculoskeletal modelling
- Motion analysis
Impact/Outreach
- Some of the tools developed during the course of this work have been made available to the research community through the SimTK website, sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health.
- Dr. Chadwick is currently the Chair of the International Shoulder Group, a Technical Group of the International Society of Biomechanics.
Recent Publications
- Implicit methods for efficient musculoskeletal simulation and optimal control. Antonie J Van Den Bogert, Dimitra Blana, Dieter Heinrich. Procedia IUTAM 2 (2011)
- Continuous neuronal ensemble control of simulated arm reaching by a human with tetraplegia. Edward K Chadwick, Dimitra Blana, John D Simeral, J Lambrecht, S P Kim, A S Cornwell, et al. Journal of Neural Engineering 8, 3 (2011)
- The effect of elbow angle and external moment on load sharing of elbow muscles. M Praagman, E K J Chadwick, F C T van der Helm, H E J Veeger. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 20, 5 (2010)
- A real-time, 3-D musculoskeletal model for dynamic simulation of arm movements. Edward K Chadwick, Dimitra Blana, Antonie J Ton van Den Bogert, Robert F Kirsch. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 56, 4 (2009)
- Combined feedforward and feedback control of a redundant, nonlinear, dynamic musculoskeletal system. Dimitra Blana, Robert F. Kirsch, Edward K Chadwick. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 47, 5 (2009)
- A musculoskeletal model of the upper extremity for use in the development of neuroprosthetic systems. Dimitra Blana, Juan Gabriel Hincapie, Edward K Chadwick, Robert F. Kirsch. Journal of Biomechanics 41, 8 (2008)
- Musculoskeletal model-guided, customizable selection of shoulder and elbow muscles for a C5 SCI neuroprosthesis. Juan Gabriel Hincapie, Dimitra Blana, Edward K Chadwick, Robert F Kirsch. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 16, 3 (2008)
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