In immobilized patients like paraplegic subjects, due to absence of leg muscle contraction, venous return to the heart is reduced and this may induce important diseases to the cardio-circulatory system. The application to legs of a mechanical stimulation operated by an Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) device in replacing striate muscle pump on limb veins may recover venous return to the heart, thus restoring correct cardio-circulatory performance. This paper deals with the study of an effective way to control such a device. Based on the numerical simulation of the human-machine system, the paper investigates and proposes an effective control solution.
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Ferraresi, C., Maffiodo, D., & Hajimirzaalian, H. (2016). Simulation and control of a robotic device for cardio-circulatory rehabilitation. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Vol. 371, pp. 357–365). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21290-6_36
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