A selective muscle fatigue management approach to ergonomic human-robot co-manipulation

Peternel, Luka; Fang, Cheng; Tsagarakis, Nikos G.; Ajoudani, Arash

doi:10.1016/j.rcim.2019.01.013

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“…A similar limitation can be applied to the fatigue assessment, as it was solely assessed using EMG RMS and MDF variables. Other variables could have been chosen from EMG [ 10 ] and other signals [ 56 , 57 ]. Future studies could also use electrically induced muscle contractions, triggered at rest or superimposed to a MVC, to assess fatigue in the muscle and central nervous system.…”

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Similar effects of fatigue induced by a repetitive pointing task on local and remote light touch and pain perception in men and women

Bouffard¹,

Weber²,

Pearsall³

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Background Women involved in repetitive, fatiguing, jobs develop more neck and/or shoulder musculoskeletal disorders than men. Sex differences in the pain response to exercise could contribute to the higher prevalence of neck/shoulder musculoskeletal disorders in women. The objective of this study was to assess sex differences in pain sensitivity following a fatiguing upper limb task. Relationships between measures of fatigue and of the sensitivity to nociceptive and to non-nociceptive stimulations were also explored. Methods Thirty healthy adults (15 women) performed a fatiguing repetitive pointing task with their dominant arm. Upper limb electromyography was recorded from the dominant upper trapezius, anterior deltoid and bicep brachii and from the contralateral tibialis anterior. Before and immediately after the repetitive pointing task, pressure pain and light touch sensitivity thresholds were measured over the same muscles. Results Electromyographic signs of fatigue were observed only in the anterior deltoid and biceps brachii muscles. Pressure pain thresholds over both muscles increased slightly (effect size ≤ 0.34), but no changes occurred over the upper trapezius and the tibialis anterior. Light touch thresholds increased moderately to importantly after the repetitive pointing task over all four muscles (effect sizes = 0.58 to 0.87). No sex differences were observed in any sensory variable. Moreover, no or weak correlations (r = -0.27 to 0.39) were observed between electromyographical signs of fatigue, light touch threshold and pressure pain threshold variables. Conclusions We observed sex-independent effects of a repetitive upper limb task on the sensitivity to painful and to nonpainful stimuli. Moreover, the hypoalgesia induced by the repetitive pointing task was weak and localized, and did not directly correlate with the induced muscle fatigue. Results suggest that fatigue-related changes in the sensitivity to noxious and innocuous stimuli could not explain women’s greater prevalence of neck/shoulder musculoskeletal disorders.

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Similar effects of fatigue induced by a repetitive pointing task on local and remote light touch and pain perception in men and women

Bouffard¹,

Weber²,

Pearsall³

et al. 2020

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“…Table II also shows the comparison with three global-optimizer based planners-GO 1 Comf (max. (14)), Muscle-Only (8) and Ergo-only 6 (min. REBA r e ).…”

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“…We measured the difference between the predicted and real values for the participant's muscle-, joint-and taskspace configurations. 8 Fig. 5 illustrates one trial with possible poses to execute the task along the plane parallel to the prescribed force, as presented in the form of TS-comfortability in side and top views.…”

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“…Indeed, predicting muscular performance based on dynamics and task forces is crucial to extend the field of robotics to address the challenges involved in elaborate and fluid pHRC. In this context, Peternel et al [3], [8] have presented excellent results focusing on muscular-activity-based fatigue estimation and adaptation through robot-tool attitude control. Using similar muscular-activity assessment, our previous work [2] presented an optimization-based pHRC planner that uses human muscle-space to decide on a robot grasp and object positioning that maximizes muscular comfort (and peripersonal space).…”

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Human Comfortability: Integrating Ergonomics and Muscular-Informed Metrics for Manipulability Analysis During Human-Robot Collaboration

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Aguiar

Chen

et al. 2021

IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett.

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“…A similar limitation can be applied to the fatigue assessment, as it was solely assessed using EMG RMS and MDF variables. Other variables could have been chosen from EMG [10] and other signals [56,57]. Future studies could also use electrically induced muscle contractions,…”

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A selective muscle fatigue management approach to ergonomic human-robot co-manipulation

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Similar effects of fatigue induced by a repetitive pointing task on local and remote light touch and pain perception in men and women

Similar effects of fatigue induced by a repetitive pointing task on local and remote light touch and pain perception in men and women

Human Comfortability: Integrating Ergonomics and Muscular-Informed Metrics for Manipulability Analysis During Human-Robot Collaboration

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