Neuromuscular Control Modelling of Human Perturbed Posture Through Piecewise Affine Autoregressive With Exogenous Input Models

Copyright © 2022 Tigrini, Verdini, Maiolatesi, Monteriù, Ferracuti, Fioretti, Longhi and Mengarelli..

In this study, the neuromuscular control modeling of the perturbed human upright stance is assessed through piecewise affine autoregressive with exogenous input (PWARX) models. Ten healthy subjects underwent an experimental protocol where visual deprivation and cognitive load are applied to evaluate whether PWARX can be used for modeling the role of the central nervous system (CNS) in balance maintenance in different conditions. Balance maintenance is modeled as a single-link inverted pendulum; and kinematic, dynamic, and electromyography (EMG) data are used to fit the PWARX models of the CNS activity. Models are trained on 70% and tested on the 30% of unseen data belonging to the remaining dataset. The models are able to capture which factors the CNS is subjected to, showing a fitting accuracy higher than 90% for each experimental condition. The models present a switch between two different control dynamics, coherent with the physiological response to a sudden balance perturbation and mirrored by the data-driven lag selection for data time series. The outcomes of this study indicate that hybrid postural control policies, yet investigated for unperturbed stance, could be an appropriate motor control paradigm when balance maintenance undergoes external disruption.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology - 9(2021) vom: 22., Seite 804904

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tigrini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Verdini, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Maiolatesi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Monteriù, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Ferracuti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Fioretti, Sandro [VerfasserIn]
Longhi, Sauro [VerfasserIn]
Mengarelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cognitive load
Journal Article
Neuromuscular control
Perturbed posture
Piecewise affine autoregressive with exogenous inputs
System identification

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Date Revised 08.02.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fbioe.2021.804904

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336601786