Abstract
Gait abnormality is a muscle disorder that disabling the patient to walk properly. This is caused by several factors including genetic influence, accident history, health issue, and others. Some suffered from this illness could be cured but some cases only could be helped by rehabilitation. This work is an original initiative in developing an assistive device as part of patient’s recovery and rehabilitation in helping the patient to regain muscle, as well assisting patient in performing their activities. However, the effectiveness on the device’s performance to serve its purpose has not yet been confirmed. Therefore, an electrical tool known as surface Electromyography (EMG) is being used to obtain the information required. This research is analysing the patient’s nerves system with and without the assistive device and demonstrate the effectiveness of the assistive device in reducing the muscle contraction, as well to increase the time-to-fatigue of the muscle. The findings of this research showed that the reduction in percent of average Root Mean Square (RMS) value of patient’s contraction muscle when using the device has increase the time-to-fatigue of the muscle. In conclusion, this assistive device assists the patient, minimise the muscle fatigue, and ease the patient in their daily chores.
The peripheral origin of tap-induced muscle contraction revealed by multi-electrode surface electromyography in human vastus medialis
