Underlying control strategy of human leg posture and movement

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Abstract

While a great number of studies on human motor control have provided a wide variety of viewpoints concerning the strategy of the central nervous system (CNS) in controlling limb movement, none were able to reveal the exact methods how the movement command from CNS is mapped onto the neuromuscular activity. As a preliminary study of human-machine interface design, the characteristics of human leg motion and its underlying motor control scheme are studied through experiments and simulations in this paper. The findings in this study suggest a simple open-loop motor control scheme in leg motion. As a possible candidate, an equilibrium point control model appears consistent in recreating the experimental data in numerical simulations. Based on the general leg motion analysis, the braking motion by the driver's leg is modeled.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)649-663
Number of pages15
JournalKSME International Journal
Volume18
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004 Apr
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Braking Motion
  • Equilibrium Point Control Hypothesis
  • Human Motor Control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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