The use of surface electromyography (SEMG) has increased exponentially in the past four decades. SEMG is one of the most widespread measures employed today in psychophysiological assessment and one of three primary biofeedback modalities. This article briefly outlines three areas that the author believes are important for SEMG to address if it is to continue to flourish in the future: applicati...

CONTENTS GENERAL CONCERNS ................................................................................................... 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EMG SIGNAL ....................................................................... 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ELECTRICAL NOISE .............................................................. 3 MAXIMIZING THE FIDELITY OF THE EMG SIGNAL .................

Currently, trans-radial amputees can only perform a few simple movements with prosthetic hands. This is mainly due to low control capabilities and the long training time that is required to learn controlling them with surface electromyography (sEMG). This is in contrast with recent advances in mechatronics, thanks to which mechanical hands have multiple degrees of freedom and in some cases forc...

BACKGROUND the use of a technological resource in fluency promotion. AIM to verify the effectiveness of a stuttering treatment based on the use of surface electromyography (SEMG) exclusively. METHOD participants were four stuttering adults of both genders. Assessment, pre and post-treatment, consisted of a speech gathering session and the analyses of the rest tension and of the reaction tim...

INTRODUCTION Surface electromyography has been used to assess the extrinsic laryngeal muscles during chewing and swallowing, but there have been few studies assessing these muscles during phonation. OBJECTIVE  To investigate the current state of knowledge regarding the use of surface electromyography for evaluation of the electrical activity of the extrinsic muscles of the larynx during phona...