Résumé
The reliability, the ease of donning and doffing and the robustness of controllers constitute the primary criteria to evaluate any control strategy based on FES. Many studies, both open and closed loop control for restoration of movements have shown satisfactory results. The originality of the presented method relies on the use of a physio-mathematical based muscle model in simulations performed to evaluate closed loop standing up of paraplegic patients. The performance of a controller based on a switching curve in the state space is evaluated.