[1] Chen Weiting, Cao Guitao, Wang Zhizhong,. Detection of an increase in EMG regularityduring fatiguing contractions [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2010, 26 (4): 541-545. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2010.04.008]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

26

Issue:

2010 4

Page:

541-545

Research Field:

Biological Science and Medical Engineering

Publishing date:

2010-12-30

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Title:

Detection of an increase in EMG regularityduring fatiguing contractions

Author(s):

Chen Weiting¹;  Cao Guitao¹;  Wang Zhizhong²

¹Software Engineering Institute, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Keywords:

muscle fatigue;  surface electromyography(EMG);  regularity

PACS:

R318;TP391

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2010.04.008

Abstract:

The changes in the evolvement patterns of surface electromyography(EMG)signals during both static and dynamic fatiguing contractions are studied. The main finding is that the EMG signal tends to be more and more regular as muscle fatigues. An increase in the summation of all the regular evolvement patterns denoted by D_reg reflects such a tendency. Compared with traditional measurements, D_reg shows less variability among subjects when characterizing a fatigue process. In addition, the calculation of D_reg in the time domain is free from the restrictions disturbing those of spectral parameters. The detection of an increase in the EMG regularity not only proposes a new and easy way to inspect changes in EMG during the fatigue process, but also provides strong supports to estimate muscle fatigue by means of nonlinear analysis methods such as entropy and complexity measures. The detection method of signal regularity can also be applied to other physiological signals.

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Memo:

Biography: Chen Weiting(1975—), female, doctor, lecturer, wtchen@sei.ecnu.edu.cn.
Foundation items: The National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2005CB724303), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(No.09ZR1409600), the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(No.B412).
Citation: Chen Weiting, Cao Guitao, Wang Zhizhong. Detection of an increase in the EMG regularity during fatiguing contractions[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2010, 26(4):541-545.

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