Modelling and simulation of torque control by proprioceptive feedback through the nervous system: application to postural control

• Grant number: 09/15802-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: August 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Bioengineering
• Principal Investigator: André Fábio Kohn
• Grantee: Leonardo Abdala Elias
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The final goal of this project is the development of a simulator of the human nervous system responsible for generating short, medium and long latency reflexes. In addition, the simulator will also encompass the control by the nervous system of an inverted pendulum, which is a first approximation of a human during quiet stance. All the sensory feedback, from the sensory receptors to their action in the nervous system will be modeled mathematically and included in an existing simulator that has no feedback (http://remoto.leb.usp.br). (AU)

Scientific publications

(8)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

WATANABE, RENATO N.; MAGALHAES, FERNANDO H.; ELIAS, LEONARDO A.; CHAUD, VITOR M.; MELLO, EMANUELE M.; KOHN, ANDRE F.. Influences of premotoneuronal command statistics on the scaling of motor output variability during isometric plantar flexion. Journal of Neurophysiology, v. 110, n. 11, p. 2592-2606, DEC 2013. (10/12934-0, 13/10433-1, 11/21103-7, 11/13222-6, 09/15802-0)

NAKAJIMA, TSUYOSHI; TAZOE, TOSHIKI; SAKAMOTO, MASANORI; ENDOH, TAKASHI; SHIBUYA, SATOSHI; ELIAS, LEONARDO A.; MEZZARANE, RINALDO A.; KOMIYAMA, TOMOYOSHI; OHKI, YUKARI. Reassessment of Non-Monosynaptic Excitation from the Motor Cortex to Motoneurons in Single Motor Units of the Human Biceps Brachii. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, v. 11, JAN 30 2017. (13/10433-1, 12/05304-5, 09/15802-0)

ELIAS, LEONARDO ABDALA; WATANABE, RENATO NAVILLE; KOHN, ANDRE FABIO. Spinal Mechanisms May Provide a Combination of Intermittent and Continuous Control of Human Posture: Predictions from a Biologically Based Neuromusculoskeletal Model. PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, v. 10, n. 11, NOV 2014. (11/21103-7, 09/15802-0)

ELIAS, LEONARDO ABDALA; KOHN, ANDRE FABIO. Individual and collective properties of computationally efficient motoneuron models of types S and F with active dendrites. Neurocomputing, v. 99, p. 521-533, JAN 1 2013. (07/05898-4, 09/15802-0)

ELIAS, LEONARDO ABDALA; CHAUD, VITOR MARTINS; KOHN, ANDRE FABIO. Models of passive and active dendrite motoneuron pools and their differences in muscle force control. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, v. 33, n. 3, p. 515-531, DEC 2012. (09/15802-0)

LEONARDO ABDALA ELIAS; ANDRÉ FABIO KOHN. Web-based neuromuscular simulator applied to the teaching of principles of neuroscience. Rev. Bras. Eng. Bioméd., v. 29, n. 3, p. 213-226, 2013-09-00. (09/15802-0)

MEZZARANE, RINALDO ANDRE; MAGALHAES, FERNANDO HENRIQUE; CHAUD, VITOR MARTINS; ELIAS, LEONARDO ABDALA; KOHN, ANDRE FABIO. Enhanced D1 and D2 Inhibitions Induced by Low-Frequency Trains of Conditioning Stimuli: Differential Effects on H- and T-Reflexes and Possible Mechanisms. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 3, MAR 25 2015. (10/15522-4, 13/10433-1, 11/13222-6, 09/15802-0, 11/17193-0)

ELIAS, LEONARDO ABDALA; WATANABE, RENATO NAVILLE; KOHN, ANDRE FABIO. Spinal Mechanisms May Provide a Combination of Intermittent and Continuous Control of Human Posture: Predictions from a Biologically Based Neuromusculoskeletal Model. PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, v. 10, n. 11, p. 18-pg., 2014-11-01. (09/15802-0, 11/21103-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ELIAS, Leonardo Abdala. Modeling and simulation of the neuromuscular system involved in the control of the ankle joint torque.. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) São Paulo.