A clinical set-up tool (CST) for rapid stimulator programming

P Tresadern; S B Thies; L P J Kenney; D Howard; J Y Goulermas

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353104

A clinical set-up tool (CST) for rapid stimulator programming

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:3577-80. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353104.

Authors

P Tresadern¹, S B Thies, L P J Kenney, D Howard, J Y Goulermas

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance Research, University of Salford, United Kingdom M6 6PU. p.tresadern@salford.ac.uk

PMID: 18002770
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353104

Abstract

This paper presents an intuitive approach to the programming of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) hardware. A stimulation sequence is defined as a Finite State Machine (FSM) that is created and modified via an easy-to-use interface. Using a USB-equipped stimulator, data from an internal accelerometer are streamed to a PC whilst the subject undergoes the motion of interest. Simultaneously, the clinician labels the collected data via a number of key presses in order to train a sequence of simple classifiers. The 'optimal' (in a quantitative sense) parameters are then uploaded directly back to the stimulator for immediate stand-alone operation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Artificial Intelligence*
Electric Stimulation Therapy / instrumentation
Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
Humans
Movement Disorders / diagnosis
Movement Disorders / rehabilitation*
Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
Software*
Task Performance and Analysis
Therapy, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
Therapy, Computer-Assisted / methods*
User-Computer Interface*