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    • Neuroscience
    • Robotics

    Background:

    • Disease and injury often cause simultaneous neural and muscular changes affecting movement.
    • Distinguishing between neural and muscular adaptations is challenging due to their concurrent occurrence.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design and validate an interactive musculoskeletal simulator (IMS) for manipulating limb dynamics.
    • To assess human adaptation to the IMS and its capability for natural movement execution.

    Main Methods:

    • Healthy volunteers performed a goal-directed elbow movement task with and without the IMS.
    • The IMS utilized a personalized electromyography-driven musculoskeletal model imposing robotic dynamics onto the user.

    Main Results:

    • Participants achieved task completion with minimal error, comparable to normal dynamics (IMS-off).
    • Muscle activity, joint torque, and kinematics were closely matched between IMS-on and IMS-off conditions for most subjects.

    Conclusions:

    • A well-matched musculoskeletal model enables users to perform tasks with the IMS nearly as effectively as without it.
    • The IMS facilitates real-time manipulation of musculoskeletal dynamics, aiding research into co-adaptations in various conditions.