Publications related to Human factors and ergonomics

Synthetic Contrasts in Musculoskeletal MRI A Review

This review summarizes the existing techniques and methods used to generate synthetic contrasts from magnetic resonance imaging data focusing on musculoskeletal magnetic resonance imaging. To that end, the different approaches were categorized into 3 diffe ...

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS2023

An Empirical and Subjective Model of Upper Extremity Fatigue Under Hypogravity

Volker Gass, Claude Nicollier, Tatiana Maillard

In the context of extra-terrestrial missions, the effects of hypogravity (0 < G < 1) on the human body can reduce the well-being of the crew, cause musculoskeletal problems and affect their ability to perform tasks, especially during long-term missions. To ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Wrist-driven passive grasping: interaction-based trajectory adaption with a compliant anthropomorphic hand

Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes, Kieran Daniel Gilday

The structure of the human musculo-skeletal systems shows complex passive dynamic properties, critical for adaptive grasping and motions. Through wrist and arm actuation, these passive dynamic properties can be exploited to achieve nuanced and diverse envi ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2021

Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation

Jamie Paik, Olivier Lambercy, Harshal Arun Sonar

Stochastic stimulation has been shown to improve movement, balance, the sense of touch, and may also improve position sense. This stimulation can be non-invasive and may be a simple technology to enhance proprioception. In this study, we investigated wheth ...

2020

Real-World Gait Bout Detection Using a Wrist Sensor: An Unsupervised Real-Life Validation

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Hooman Dejnabadi, Abolfazl Soltani

Gait bouts (GB), as a prominent indication of physical activity, contain valuable fundamental information closely associated with human & x2019;s health status. Therefore, objective assessment of the GB (e.g. detection, spatio-temporal analysis) during dai ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Functional imaging of rostrocaudal spinal activity during upper limb motor tasks

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Silvestro Micera, Elvira Pirondini, Nawal Noëlle Kinany, Roberto Martuzzi

The spinal cord is the main interface between the brain and the periphery. It notably plays a central role in motor control, as spinal motoneurons activate skeletal muscles involved in voluntary movements. Yet, the spinal mechanisms underlying human moveme ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2019

Functional imaging of rostrocaudal spinal activity during upper limb motor tasks

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Silvestro Micera, Elvira Pirondini, Nawal Noëlle Kinany, Roberto Martuzzi

2019

EMG-based learning approach for estimating wrist motion

Aude Billard, Silvestro Micera, Sahar El Khoury, Iason Batzianoulis

This paper proposes an EMG based learning approach for estimating the displacement along the 2-axes (abduction/adduction and flexion/extension) of the human wrist in real-time. The algorithm extracts features from the EMG electrodes on the upper and forear ...

2015

Ergonomic handle for haptic devices

Hannes Bleuler, Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira

A ergonomic handle that can be added to existing haptic devices, composed by a spherical mechanism providing hand orientation and a grasping mechanism is shown. Both the proposed spherical mechanism and the handle have been ergonomically designed to avoid ...

2012

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