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Repetitive control of electrical stimulation for tremor suppression

Repetitive control of electrical stimulation for tremor suppression
Repetitive control of electrical stimulation for tremor suppression
Tremor is a rapid uncontrollable back-and-forth movement of a body part often seen in patients with neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease. This debilitating oscillation can be suppressed by applying functional electrical stimulation (FES) within a closedloop control system. However current implementations use classical control methods and have proved capable of only limited performance. This paper develops a novel application of repetitive control (RC) that exploits the capability of learning from experience to enable complete suppression of the tremor. The proposed control structure is applied to suppress tremor at the wrist via FES regulated co-contraction of wrist extensors/flexors. Experimental evaluation is performed using a validated wristrig and results are compared against classical feedback control designs to establish the efficacy of the approach.
1063-6536
540-552
Copur, Engin
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Freeman, Christopher
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Chu, Bing
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Laila, Dina
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Copur, Engin
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Freeman, Christopher
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Chu, Bing
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Laila, Dina
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Copur, Engin, Freeman, Christopher, Chu, Bing and Laila, Dina (2019) Repetitive control of electrical stimulation for tremor suppression. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 27 (2), 540-552. (doi:10.1109/TCST.2017.2771327).

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Abstract

Tremor is a rapid uncontrollable back-and-forth movement of a body part often seen in patients with neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease. This debilitating oscillation can be suppressed by applying functional electrical stimulation (FES) within a closedloop control system. However current implementations use classical control methods and have proved capable of only limited performance. This paper develops a novel application of repetitive control (RC) that exploits the capability of learning from experience to enable complete suppression of the tremor. The proposed control structure is applied to suppress tremor at the wrist via FES regulated co-contraction of wrist extensors/flexors. Experimental evaluation is performed using a validated wristrig and results are compared against classical feedback control designs to establish the efficacy of the approach.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 November 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 November 2017
Published date: March 2019
Organisations: Vision, Learning and Control, EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 401029
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/401029
ISSN: 1063-6536
PURE UUID: f99887d4-961f-49c1-a161-81f4de5fa65a
ORCID for Bing Chu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-8717

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Date deposited: 01 Oct 2016 13:33
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:56

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Author: Engin Copur
Author: Christopher Freeman
Author: Bing Chu ORCID iD
Author: Dina Laila

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