In this paper, a control strategy is proposed for control of ankle movement on animals using intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS). The proposed method is based on fuzzy logic control. Fuzzy logic control is a methodology of intelligent control that mimics human decision-making process. This type of control method can be very useful for the complex uncertain systems that their mathematical model ...

Chronic spinal cats with neurotrophin-secreting fibroblast (NTF) transplants recover locomotor function (Boyce et al. 2007). To ascertain possible mechanisms, intraspinal microstimulation was used to examine the lumbar spinal cord motor output of four groups of chronic spinal cats: 1) untrained cats with unmodified-fibroblast graft (Opcontrol) or 2) NTF graft, and 3) locomotor-trained cats with...

University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering 11.01.2016 1 Disclaimer—This paper partially fulfills a writing requirement for first year (freshman) engineering students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. This paper is a student, not a professional, paper. This paper is based on publicly available information and may not provide complete analyses of all rele...