Presentation 2015-11-20
Muscle synergy recruitment during arm movements in patients with hemiparesis
Toshihiro Kawase, Atsuko Nishimura, Atsuko Nishimoto, Fumio Liu, Hiroyuki Kambara, Natsue Yoshimura, Yasuharu Koike,
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Abstract(in English) Previous studies have suggested that many muscles in the human body are controlled by combination of fewer muscle synergies. In this study, we estimated muscle synergies from electromyography measured during peg-movement tasks executed by able-bodied subjects and patients with hemiparesis by using nonnegative matrix factorization, and classified the synergies by using a hierarchical clustering method. As a result, the muscle synergies were roughly classified into seven groups by their patterns, and some groups had subgroups that showed high levels of cocontraction observed in patients with hemiparesis. Additionally, we observed a case in which an able-bodied subject and a patient shared similar muscle synergies and adjust its recruitment differently according to targets.
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Keyword(in English) Hemiparesis / Muscle synergy / Electromyography / Nonnegative matrix factorization / Hierarchical clustering
Paper # NC2015-38
Date of Issue 2015-11-13 (NC)

Conference Information
Committee MBE / NC
Conference Date 2015/11/20(2days)
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Place (in English) Tohoku University
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Chair Tetsuo Kobayashi(Kyoto Univ.) / Toshimichi Saito(Hosei Univ.)
Vice Chair Yutaka Fukuoka(Kogakuin Univ.) / Shigeo Sato(Tohoku Univ.)
Secretary Yutaka Fukuoka(akita noken) / Shigeo Sato(Kogakuin Univ.)
Assistant Takenori Oida(Kyoto Univ.) / Ryota Horie(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) / Hiroyuki Kanbara(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Hisanao Akima(Tohoku Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics / Technical Committee on Neurocomputing
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Muscle synergy recruitment during arm movements in patients with hemiparesis
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Hemiparesis
Keyword(2) Muscle synergy
Keyword(3) Electromyography
Keyword(4) Nonnegative matrix factorization
Keyword(5) Hierarchical clustering
1st Author's Name Toshihiro Kawase
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Atsuko Nishimura
2nd Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Atsuko Nishimoto
3rd Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
4th Author's Name Fumio Liu
4th Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
5th Author's Name Hiroyuki Kambara
5th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
6th Author's Name Natsue Yoshimura
6th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
7th Author's Name Yasuharu Koike
7th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
Date 2015-11-20
Paper # NC2015-38
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) NC-318
Page pp.pp.13-18(NC),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-11-13 (NC)