Tutorial: Analysis of motor unit discharge characteristics from high-density surface EMG signals

A Del Vecchio, A Holobar, D Falla, F Felici… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent work demonstrated that it is possible to identify motor unit discharge times from high-
density surface EMG (HDEMG) decomposition. Since then, the number of studies that use …

The extraction of neural information from the surface EMG for the control of upper-limb prostheses: emerging avenues and challenges

D Farina, N Jiang, H Rehbaum… - … on Neural Systems …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite not recording directly from neural cells, the surface electromyogram (EMG) signal
contains information on the neural drive to muscles, ie, the spike trains of motor neurons …

Stretchable array electromyography sensor with graph neural network for static and dynamic gestures recognition system

H Lee, S Lee, J Kim, H Jung, KJ Yoon, S Gandla… - npj Flexible …, 2023 - nature.com
With advances in artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms, gesture recognition accuracy
from sEMG signals has continued to increase. Spatiotemporal multichannel-sEMG signals …

Multi-channel intramuscular and surface EMG decomposition by convolutive blind source separation

F Negro, S Muceli, AM Castronovo… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The study of motor unit behavior has been classically performed by selective
recording systems of muscle electrical activity (EMG signals) and decomposition algorithms …

Blind identification of the spinal cord output in humans with high-density electrode arrays implanted in muscles

S Muceli, W Poppendieck, A Holobar, S Gandevia… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Invasive electromyography opened a new window to explore motoneuron behavior in vivo.
However, the technique is limited by the small fraction of active motoneurons that can be …

Accurate identification of motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface EMG and validation with a novel signal-based performance metric

A Holobar, MA Minetto, D Farina - Journal of neural engineering, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. A signal-based metric for assessment of accuracy of motor unit (MU) identification
from high-density surface electromyograms (EMG) is introduced. This metric, so-called pulse …

The extraction of neural strategies from the surface EMG: an update

D Farina, R Merletti, RM Enoka - Journal of applied …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
A surface EMG signal represents the linear transformation of motor neuron discharge times
by the compound action potentials of the innervated muscle fibers and is often used as a …

Prosthetic myoelectric control strategies: a clinical perspective

AD Roche, H Rehbaum, D Farina, OC Aszmann - Current Surgery Reports, 2014 - Springer
Control algorithms for upper limb myoelectric prostheses have been in development since
the mid-1940s. Despite advances in computing power and in the performance of these …

[PDF][PDF] Motor unit

CJ Heckman, RM Enoka - Comprehensive physiology, 2012 - drive.google.com
Movement is accomplished by the controlled activation of motor unit populations. Our
understanding of motor unit physiology has been derived from experimental work on the …

Principles of motor unit physiology evolve with advances in technology

D Farina, F Negro, S Muceli, RM Enoka - Physiology, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Movements are generated by the coordinated activation of motor units. Recent technological
advances have made it possible to identify the concurrent activity of several tens of motor …