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Compensating for Fatigue-Induced Time-Varying Delayed Muscle Response in Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Control

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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), often called functional electrical stimulation (FES), is a prescribed treatment for various neuromuscular disorders. When applied to articulate a person’s limb, the respective skeletal muscle groups are known to rapidly fatigue compared to muscles activated by the nervous system. Recent results have shown that muscles have a delayed response to electrical stimulation, and more recent results indicate that this delayed response increases as the muscle fatigues. A NMES control method is developed in this chapter as a means to compensate for the varying input delay for the uncertain nonlinear dynamics for the lower limb. Experimental results are provided to demonstrate the performance of the developed controller.

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Downey, R., Kamalapurkar, R., Fischer, N., Dixon, W. (2016). Compensating for Fatigue-Induced Time-Varying Delayed Muscle Response in Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Control. In: Karafyllis, I., Malisoff, M., Mazenc, F., Pepe, P. (eds) Recent Results on Nonlinear Delay Control Systems. Advances in Delays and Dynamics, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18072-4_7

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