Functional Electronic Stimulation of Muscles - Development of a Model for Sensory Feedback to Amputees and Vision for the Blind

肌肉功能性电子刺激 - 开发截肢者感觉反馈和盲人视觉模型

• 批准号: DP0344191
• 负责人: Prof Gregg Suaning
• 金额: $ 6.91万
• 依托单位: The University of Newcastle
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0344191
• 关键词: Functional; Electronic; Stimulation; Muscles; Development

Electrical stimulation of nerve fibres is an emerging physiological technique with great promise towards rehabilitation. The field lacks techniques for detailed, focal application of stimuli to recruit specific fibres for fine muscle control or conveying useful neurosensory information. The investigator has developed microtechnology for delivering stimuli to 100 sites, conceivably facilitating recruitment of specific fibres within a given bundle. Effects of muscle stimulation are readily measured and shall be used to model and refine techniques for generic high-resolution fibre recruitment. Benefits include, improved muscle control in functional electrical stimulation, sensory perception for amputees and patterned vision from optic nerve stimulation.

神经纤维的电刺激是一种新兴的生理技术，在康复方面具有巨大的前景。该领域缺乏详细、集中地应用刺激来招募特定纤维以进行精细肌肉控制或传达有用的神经感觉信息的技术。研究人员开发了微技术，可以向 100 个部位提供刺激，可以想象促进特定纤维束内特定纤维的募集。肌肉刺激的效果很容易测量，并且应用于建模和完善通用高分辨率纤维募集的技术。好处包括改善功能性电刺激中的肌肉控制、截肢者的感官知觉以及视神经刺激产生的图案化视觉。