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A Musculoskeletal Model of the Hand and Forearm to Simulate the Rehabilitation Process of Stroke Survivors
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Farahmand, Farzam (Supervisor) ; Saadat Foumani, Mahmoud (Supervisor) ; Forough, Bijan (Supervisor)
Abstract
Spasticity is a common phenomenon following stroke, which causes increase in muscle resistance to imposed movements. Most of the clinical measurements used by physiotherapists to evaluate spasticity are qualitative. Consequently, the reported results are subjective. The objective of this study was to develop a musculoskeletal model of the upper limb to simulate spasticity of muscles activating in wrist flexion-extension. Subjects in two groups of normal and stroke survivors participated in this study. Six normal subjects and three hemiplegia patients were exercised by the robotic instrument. Simultaneously, the resistive moment, the wrist joint position and the EMG of muscles were recorded....