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Surface EMG Amplitude Estimation by using Spike and Turn Variables

Spike와 Turn 변수를 이용한 표면근전도 신호의 진폭 추정

  • Lee, Jin (Dept. of Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Kangwon National Univ.)
  • Received : 2017.08.23
  • Accepted : 2017.12.02
  • Published : 2018.01.01
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Abstract

The EMG amplitude estimator, which has been investigated as an indicator of muscle force, is of high relevance not only in biomechanical studies but also more and more in clinical applications. This paper presents a new approach to estimate surface EMG amplitude by using the mean spike and mean turn amplitude(MSA and MTA) variables. Surface EMG signals, a total of 198 signals, were recorded from biceps brachii muscle over the range of 20-80%MVC isometric contraction and performance of the MSA and MTA variables applied to amplitude estimation of the EMG signals were investigated. To examine the performance, a SNR(signal-to-noise ratio) was computed from each amplitude estimate. The results of the study indicate that MSA and MTA amplitude estimations with first order whitening filter and 300[ms]-350[ms] moving average window length are optimal and show better performance(mean SNR improvement of 6%-15%) than the most frequently used variables(ARV and RMS).

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