Measuring muscle activation with the HRX-1 wrist manipulation robot
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Conference Paper
Abstract
A portable robotic system, such as the HRX-1 robot designed for neuromechanics and rehabilitation research, enables motor assessment and training across diverse settings including clinics, laboratories, and home environments. This study presents the findings of wrist muscle activation measurements conducted using the HRX-1 robot in conjunction with surface electromyography (sEMG) electrodes on a cohort of fifteen healthy participants. Participants were seated and instructed to resist and maintain wrist flexion and extension against torques applied to their hand by the robot. Muscle activation data were recorded using two 32-channel high-density surface EMG electrodes placed on the forearm to capture activity from the flexor and extensor muscle groups. The analysis focuses on identifying the number of active regions within the recorded muscle activations under each experimental condition. As expected, flexor muscles were most active during wrist flexion and extensor muscles were most active during wrist extension. There was also no statistically significant change in the number of muscle regions active when torque was increased in each configuration.
Date Issued
2025-07-11
Date Acceptance
2025-01-31
Citation
IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2025, pp.1047-1052
ISSN
1945-7901
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
1047
End Page
1052
Journal / Book Title
IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2025 IEEE. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
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International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2025-05-12
Finish Date
2025-05-16
Coverage Spatial
Chicago, IL, USA
Date Publish Online
2025-07-11