[HTML][HTML] Surface electromyography signal processing and classification techniques

RH Chowdhury, MBI Reaz, MABM Ali, AAA Bakar… - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
Electromyography (EMG) signals are becoming increasingly important in many applications,
including clinical/biomedical, prosthesis or rehabilitation devices, human machine …

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 …

Characterization of human motor units from surface EMG decomposition

D Farina, A Holobar - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motor units are the smallest functional units of our movements. The study of their activation
provides a window into the mechanisms of neural control of movement in humans. The …

Influence of anatomical, physical, and detection-system parameters on surface EMG

D Farina, C Cescon, R Merletti - Biological cybernetics, 2002 - Springer
Many previous studies were focused on the influence of anatomical, physical, and detection-
system parameters on recorded surface EMG signals. Most of them were conducted by …

Influence of amplitude cancellation on the simulated surface electromyogram

KG Keenan, D Farina, KS Maluf… - Journal of applied …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
The purpose of the study was to quantify the influence of selected motor unit properties and
patterns of activity on amplitude cancellation in the simulated surface electromyogram …

Motor unit recruitment strategies investigated by surface EMG variables

D Farina, M Fosci, R Merletti - Journal of applied physiology, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
During isometric contractions of increasing strength, motor units (MUs) are recruited by the
central nervous system in an orderly manner starting with the smallest, with muscle fibers …

A fast and reliable technique for muscle activity detection from surface EMG signals

A Merlo, D Farina, R Merletti - IEEE transactions on biomedical …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The estimation of on-off timing of human skeletal muscles during movement is an important
issue in surface electromyography (EMG) signal processing with relevant clinical …

Contractile muscle volume and agonist‐antagonist coactivation account for differences in torque between young and older women

A Macaluso, MA Nimmo, JE Foster, M Cockburn… - Muscle & …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
It is controversial whether specific tension (the ratio between muscle strength and size)
declines with aging. Therefore, contractile muscle volume was estimated separately from the …

A novel approach for precise simulation of the EMG signal detected by surface electrodes

D Farina, R Merletti - IEEE transactions on biomedical …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The authors propose a new electromyogram generation and detection model. The volume
conductor is described as a nonhomogeneous (layered) and anisotropic medium constituted …

Interaction between age and gait velocity in the amplitude and timing of antagonist muscle coactivation

T Hortobágyi, S Solnik, A Gruber, P Rider, K Steinweg… - Gait & posture, 2009 - Elsevier
Old adults execute single-joint voluntary movements with heightened antagonist muscle
coactivation and altered timing between agonist and antagonist muscles. It is less clear if old …