Effect of Frequency in Vibration Stimulation for Human Elbow Extension Motion Change: A Fundamental Study for Upper-Limb Perception-Assist

Kazuo Kiguchi, Koki Honda

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Abstract

Human motion can be changed from his/her intended motion by giving vibration stimulation to an antagonist muscle. One of the causes of this motion change is supposed to be the kinesthetic illusion which is induced by vibration stimulation. On the other hand, it is known that there is a relationship between the vividness of kinesthetic illusion and the frequency. When the frequency increases, the vividness of kinesthetic also increases. It indicates that the amount of human motion change induced by vibration stimulation can be controlled by frequency change. In this study, in order to evaluate the effect of frequency change to the amount of human elbow joint motion change, a psychophysical experiment was carried out with 4 healthy experimental participants. In this experiment, vibration stimulation was added to the tendon of biceps brachii during elbow joint extension motion. The frequency of vibration stimulation was 30, 60 and 90 (Hz) with each trial of the experiment. The experimental results show that the amount of elbow joint motion change increases when the frequency increases. These results indicate that the Perception-Assist with vibration stimulation can be carried out using frequency change.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages391-396
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538666500
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 16 2019
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2018 - Miyazaki, Japan
Duration: Oct 7 2018Oct 10 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2018

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityMiyazaki
Period10/7/1810/10/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Health Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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