Research Article
An FES-Cycling Control System Based on Crank Angle
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_57, author={Tingting Wang and Xuqun Pei and Min Liu and Chengqian Wang and Mingxu Sun and Han Zhang}, title={An FES-Cycling Control System Based on Crank Angle}, proceedings={Multimedia Technology and Enhanced Learning. 4th EAI International Conference, ICMTEL 2022, Virtual Event, April 15-16, 2022, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ICMTEL}, year={2022}, month={10}, keywords={Cycling Lower limb FES}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_57} }- Tingting Wang
Xuqun Pei
Min Liu
Chengqian Wang
Mingxu Sun
Han Zhang
Year: 2022
An FES-Cycling Control System Based on Crank Angle
ICMTEL
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18123-8_57
Abstract
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) cycling system is beneficial to the rehabilitation of patients with Spinal Cord Injury(SCI). In this paper, an FES cycling control system based on angular switching of electrical stimulation phases was developed using an indoor cycle, an electrical stimulator, a wireless inertial sensor and a PC. Then, this system was tested by healthy subjects. The device was able to send feedback data on the angle of the crank in real time to a PC, which processed the acquired data and sent serial data to the electrical stimulator to control the switching of the electrical stimulation phases. The electrical stimulator was configured in different set-up files by testing the muscle tolerance of the volunteers. Under the set experimental mode, at different crank angles, the target muscles are given appropriate stimulation pulses by the electrical stimulator. The electrical stimulation pattern: the quadriceps and biceps femoris of the volunteers were given alternate stimulation patterns. In the experiment, two healthy volunteers were test at 3 different cycling speed of 0.6 lap/sec, 1 lap/sec and 2 lap/sec. The test results show that the function and implementation of the controller are successful.
