Investigating the Effect of Gripping on Upper Limbs Muscles by Modeling and Electromyography Test

Abstract:

These days most of the workers use hand controller tools. Because of this it is useful to know the relations between hand and these kinds of tools. One of these relations is cylindrical power grip. For this reason first of all a device is prepared for measuring the torque value. After that by creating a model in ANYBODY software for gripping motion for forces and muscular activities have been calculated. In this case for solving the inverse kinetic problem several cost functions are defined and the results are compared. On the other hand, by using Electromyography tests in gripping motion the activity of 3 surface muscles are investigated and finally the modeling and Electromyography’s results are compared.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 232)
• Pages: 147-151
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.232.147
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Ghazaleh Azizpour, Mohsen Sadeghimehr, Mesbahoreza Sharifi
• Keywords: ANYBODY Software, Electromyography, Inverse Kinetic, Power Cylindrical Gripping, Surface Muscles

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