Author/Editor		Olenšek, Andrej; Matjačić, Zlatko; Bajd, Tadej
Title		Muscle contracture emulation system
Type		članek
Source		In: Proceedings of the International conference on industrial technology IEEE ICIT 2003; 2003 Dec 10-12; Maribor. Maribor: IEEE,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 735-9
Language		eng
Abstract		In the paper a muscle contracture emulation system for the purposes of studying impact of muscle contractures on human gait is presented. The muscle contracture emulation system was designed to imitate gait of a patient with locomotion disorder originating primarily from muscle contractures in a neurologically and orthopaedically intact person. It is designed to emulate contractures of two ankle plantar flexor muscles soleus and gastrocnemius, but can be simply expanded to other major muscles. Given the emulated muscle contracture as a primary source of an artificially induced gait irregularity, a VICON analysis motion system was used for analysing the resulting gait patterns and separating primary from secondary changes in the gait of intact individuals.
Descriptors		CONTRACTURE GAIT ANKLE JOINT KNEE JOINT MODELS, THEORETICAL