Electromyography-Based Validation of a Musculoskeletal Hand Model

  • Regarding the prevention of injuries and rehabilitation of the human hand, musculoskeletal simulations using an inverse dynamics approach allow for insights of the muscle recruitment and thus acting forces on the hand. Currently, several hand models from various research groups are in use, which are mainly validated by the comparison of numerical and anatomical moment arms. In contrast to this validation and model-building technique by cadaver studies, the aim of this study is to further validate a recently published hand model [1] by analyzing numerically calculated muscle activities in comparison to experimentally measured electromyographical signals of the muscles. Therefore, the electromyographical signals of 10 hand muscles of five test subjects performing seven different hand movements were measured. The kinematics of these tasks were used as input for the hand model, and the numerical muscle activities were computed. To analyze the relationship between simulated and measured activities, the time difference of the muscle on- and off-set points was calculated, which resulted in a mean on- and off-set time difference of 0.58 s between the experimental data and the model. The largest differences were detected for movements that mainly addressed the wrist. One major issue comparing simulated and measured muscle activities of the hand is cross-talk. Nevertheless, the results show that the hand model fits the experiment quite accurately despite some limitations and is a further step toward patient-specific modeling of the upper extremity.

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Author:Maximilian MelznerORCiD, Lucas EngelhardtORCiD, Ulrich Simon, Sebastian DendorferORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052115
Parent Title (English):Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Publisher:American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2021
Release Date:2021/09/29
Tag:Electromyography; Muscle; Musculoskeletal system; Signals; Simulation
GND Keyword:Elektromyographie; Biomechanik; Simulation
Volume:144
Issue:2
Article Number:021005
Pagenumber:8
Institutes:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering - RCBE
Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology - RCHST
Fakultät Maschinenbau / Labor Biomechanik (LBM)
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Hybrid Open Access - OA-Veröffentlichung in einer Subskriptionszeitschrift/-medium
Corresponding author der OTH Regensburg
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International