On the Control of a Muscular Force Model

Abstract: Athletes and Physiotherapists may need electromyostimulation to reinforce muscle or to treat deficient muscles in order to speed up their recovery. Generally, the electromyostimulator does not take into account the physiological parameters necessary to adapt automatically the stimulation parameters of the system in order to reach a desired force value. To remedy at this problem and to optimize the rehabilitation sessions, we investigate the feasibility of controlling the muscular force by using an experimentally-based model.