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An area-scalable human-based mobility model
, Article Computer Networks ; Volume 177 , 2020 ; Foroozani, A ; Rezaei, S ; Hemmatyar, A. M. A ; Movaghar, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2020
Abstract
Mobile networks have been growing rapidly, where it is of paramount importance to evaluate the performance of any protocol designed for such networks before deployment. Mobility is one of the main mobile network issues that directly affects performance metrics. Since mobile nodes are often carried by their owners, nodes movement should be modeled according to humans movement. In this paper, we extend our previously published human mobility model based on real collected data. The real human movement is traced, cleaned up and analyzed. To the best of our knowledge, our collected data set is the only one that contains the detail of both walking and driving nodes. The analysis shows several...
Sharif-human movement instrumentation system (SHARIF-HMIS) for daily activities
, Article 2012 19th Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering, ICBME 2012, 20 December 2012 through 21 December 2012 ; 2012 , Pages 143-148 ; 9781467331302 (ISBN) ; Zobeiri, O ; Akbari, A ; Milani, Y ; Narimani, R ; Moshiri, B ; Parnianpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
Wearable measuring system has major effects on biomechanics of human movements especially in daily activities in order to monitor and analyze the human movements to achieve the most important kinematics parameters. In the recent decade, inertial sensors were utilized by researchers in order to developing wearable system for instrumentation of human movements. In this study, Sharif-Human Movement Instrumentation System (SHARIF-HMIS) was designed and manufactured. The system consists of inertial measurement units (IMUs), stretchable clothing and data logger. The IMU sensors are installed on the human body. The system can be used at home and also industrial environments. The main features of...
A mixture of modular structures to describe human motor planning level: A new perspective based on motor decomposition
, Article 2011 18th Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering, ICBME 2011 ; 2011 , Pages 199-204 ; 9781467310055 (ISBN) ; Andani, M. E ; Fattah, A ; Parnianpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
A modular hierarchical structure is developed to describe human movement planning level. The modular feature of the proposed model enables it to generalize planning a task. The movements are planned based on decomposing a task into its corresponding subtasks (motion phases). There is a module responsible for one condition. The final plan is constructed using soft computing of the plans proposed by different modules. Each module estimates the kinematics of the joints at the end of each subtask; we call them kinematic estimator modules (KEMs). A timing module estimates the duration of motion and a gating module determines the responsibility of each KEM under different conditions. To evaluate...
Trunk motion system (TMS) using printed body worn sensor (BWS) via data fusion approach
, Article Sensors (Switzerland) ; Volume 17, Issue 1 , 2017 ; 14248220 (ISSN) ; Zobeiri, O ; Moshiri, B ; Narimani, R ; Mehravar, M ; Rashedi, E ; Parnianpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
MDPI AG
2017
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Human movement analysis is an important part of biomechanics and rehabilitation, for which many measurement systems are introduced. Among these, wearable devices have substantial biomedical applications, primarily since they can be implemented both in indoor and outdoor applications. In this study, a Trunk Motion System (TMS) using printed Body‐Worn Sensors (BWS) is designed and developed. TMS can measure three‐dimensional (3D) trunk motions, is lightweight, and is a portable and non‐invasive system. After the recognition of sensor locations, twelve BWSs were printed on stretchable clothing with the purpose of measuring the 3D trunk movements. To integrate BWSs data, a neural network data...
Symmetric bursting behaviors in the generalized FitzHugh-Nagumo model
, Article Biological Cybernetics ; Volume 107, Issue 4 , 2013 , Pages 465-476 ; 03401200 (ISSN) ; Fallah, H ; Razvan, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
In the current paper, we have investigated the generalized FitzHugh-Nagumo model. We have shown that symmetric bursting behaviors of different types could be observed in this model with an appropriate recovery term. A modified version of this system is used to construct bursting activities. Furthermore, we have shown some numerical examples of delayed Hopf bifurcation and canard phenomenon in the symmetric bursting of super-Hopf/homoclinic type near its super-Hopf and homoclinic bifurcations, respectively
The influence of new reciprocating link medial linkage orthosis on walking and independence in a spinal cord injury patient
, Article Spinal Cord ; Volume 53 , October , 2015 , Pages S10-S12 ; 13624393 (ISSN) ; Arazpour, M ; Farahmand, F ; Azmand, A ; Hutchins, S. W ; Vahab Kashani, R ; Mousavi, M. E ; Sharif University of Technology
Nature Publishing Group
2015
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Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of a new medial linkage reciprocating gait orthosis (MLRGO) that incorporates a reciprocal mechanism and is sensitive to pelvic motion to potentially assist paraplegic patients to walk and provide functional independence. Case description and methods: The new orthosis was constructed and tested by a 20-year-old female paraplegic subject with transverse myelitis at T10 level, who was 4 years post injury and had also been an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis (IRGO) user for 2 years. She received gait training for 12 weeks before undertaking gait analysis, and also completed a questionnaire that was...
Efficient hardware implementation of real-time low-power movement intention detector system using fft and adaptive wavelet transform
, Article IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems ; Volume 11, Issue 3 , 2017 , Pages 585-596 ; 19324545 (ISSN) ; Shabany, M ; Malekmohammadi, A ; Mohammadinejad, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2017
Abstract
The brain-computer interfacing (BCI), a platform to extract features and classify different motor movement tasks from noisy and highly correlated electroencephalogram signals, is limited mostly by the complex and power-hungry algorithms. Among different techniques recently devised to tackle this issue, real-time onset detection, due to its negligible delay and minimal power overhead, is the most efficient one. Here, we propose a novel algorithm that outperforms the state-of-the-art design by sixfold in terms of speed, without sacrificing the accuracy for a real-time, hand movement intention detection based on the adaptive wavelet transform with only 1 s detection delay and maximum...
Sharif-Human movement instrumentation system (SHARIF-HMIS): Development and validation
, Article Medical Engineering and Physics ; Volume 61 , 2018 , Pages 87-94 ; 13504533 (ISSN) ; Akbari, A ; Zobeiri, O ; Rashedi, E ; Parnianpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
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The interest in wearable systems among the biomedical engineering and clinical community continues to escalate as technical refinements enhance their potential use for both indoor and outdoor applications. For example, an important wearable technology known as a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is demonstrating promising applications in the area of biomedical engineering. Accordingly, this study was designed to investigate the Sharif-Human Movement Instrumentation System (SHARIF-HMIS), consisting of inertial measurement units (IMUs), stretchable clothing, and a data logger—all of which can be used outside the controlled environment of a laboratory, thus enhancing its overall utility....
Feedback control of the neuromusculoskeletal system in a forward dynamics simulation of stair locomotion
, Article Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine ; Volume 223, Issue 6 , 2009 , Pages 663-675 ; 09544119 (ISSN) ; Meghdari, A ; Vossoughi, G ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
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The aim of this study is to employ feedback control loops to provide a stable forward dynamics simulation of human movement under repeated position constraint conditions in the environment, particularly during stair climbing. A ten-degrees-of-freedom skeletal model containing 18 Hill-type musculotendon actuators per leg was employed to simulate the model in the sagittal plane. The postural tracking and obstacle avoidance were provided by the proportional-integral-derivative controller according to the modulation of the time rate change of the joint kinematics. The stability of the model was maintained by controlling the velocity of the body's centre of mass according to the desired centre of...
An exploratory study to design a novel hand movement identification system
, Article Computers in Biology and Medicine ; Volume 39, Issue 5 , 2009 , Pages 433-442 ; 00104825 (ISSN) ; Jahed, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Electromyogram signal (EMG) is an electrical manifestation of contractions of muscles. Surface EMG (sEMG) signal collected from the surface of skin has been used in diverse applications. One of its usages is in pattern recognition of hand prosthesis movements. The ability of current prosthesis devices has been generally limited to simple opening and closing tasks, minimizing their efficacy compared to natural hand capabilities. In order to extend the abilities and accuracy of prosthesis arm movements and performance, a novel sEMG pattern recognizing system is proposed. To extract more pertinent information we extracted sEMGs for selected hand movements. These features constitute our main...