Quantifying forearm muscle activity during wrist and finger movements by means of multi-channel electromyography

M Gazzoni, N Celadon, D Mastrapasqua, M Paleari… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The study of hand and finger movement is an important topic with applications in prosthetics,
rehabilitation, and ergonomics. Surface electromyography (sEMG) is the gold standard for …

Proportional estimation of finger movements from high-density surface electromyography

N Celadon, S Došen, I Binder, P Ariano… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2016 - Springer
Background The importance to restore the hand function following an injury/disease of the
nervous system led to the development of novel rehabilitation interventions. Surface …

Automated assessment of Parkinsonian finger-tapping tests through a vision-based fine-grained classification model

H Li, X Shao, C Zhang, X Qian - Neurocomputing, 2021 - Elsevier
Movement disorder of Parkinson's disease (PD) is usually quantified by the Movement
Disorders Society-sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale …

Robust neural decoding for dexterous control of robotic hand kinematics

J Fan, L Vargas, DG Kamper, X Hu - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Manual dexterity is a fundamental motor skill that allows us to perform complex
daily tasks. Neuromuscular injuries, however, can lead to the loss of hand dexterity …

Concurrent prediction of finger forces based on source separation and classification of neuron discharge information

Y Zheng, X Hu - International journal of neural systems, 2021 - World Scientific
A reliable neural-machine interface is essential for humans to intuitively interact with
advanced robotic hands in an unconstrained environment. Existing neural decoding …

Extracting extensor digitorum communis activation patterns using high-density surface electromyography

X Hu, NL Suresh, C Xue, WZ Rymer - Frontiers in physiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The extensor digitorum communis muscle plays an important role in hand dexterity during
object manipulations. This multi-tendinous muscle is believed to be controlled through …

Customizable, reconfigurable, and anatomically coordinated large-area, high-density electromyography from drawn-on-skin electrode arrays

F Ershad, M Houston, S Patel, L Contreras… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Accurate anatomical matching for patient-specific electromyographic (EMG) mapping is
crucial yet technically challenging in various medical disciplines. The fixed electrode …

Treatment of post-stroke dysphagia by vitalstim therapy coupled with conventional swallowing training

W Xia, C Zheng, Q Lei, Z Tang, Q Hua, Y Zhang… - Journal of Huazhong …, 2011 - Springer
To investigate the effects of VitalStim therapy coupled with conventional swallowing training
on recovery of post-stroke dysphagia, a total of 120 patients with post-stroke dysphagia were …

Validity of the finger tapping test in Parkinson's disease, elderly and young healthy subjects: Is there a role for central fatigue?

P Arias, V Robles-García, N Espinosa, Y Corral… - Clinical …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The main goal of this work is to evaluate the validity of the finger tapping test
(FT) to detect alterations in rhythm formation. METHODS: We use FT to study the alterations …

Independent component analysis based algorithms for high-density electromyogram decomposition: Experimental evaluation of upper extremity muscles

C Dai, X Hu - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Motor unit firing activities can provide critical information regarding neural control of skeletal
muscles. Extracting motor unit activities reliably from surface electromyogram (EMG) is still a …