The analysis and classification of electromyography (EMG) signals are very important in order to detect some symptoms of diseases, prosthetic arm/leg control, and so on. In this study, an EMG signal was analyzed using bispectrum, which belongs to a family of higher-order spectra. An EMG signal is the electrical potential difference of muscle cells. The EMG signals used in the present study are ...

The study purpose was to analyse the peak EMG at five upper-body muscles during four different jab techniques in youth boxers.
 Materials and methods. Male national-level boxers (n=7) were assessed for electromyography (EMG) of anterior deltoid (AD), biceps brachii (BB), triceps (TB), flexor carpi radialis (FCR), upper trapezius (UT) while performing techniques: long-range targeting head (...

OBJECTIVES To determine if novel methods establishing patterns in EEG-EMG coupling can infer subcortical influences on the motor cortex, and the relationship between these subcortical rhythms and bradykinesia. BACKGROUND Previous work has suggested that bradykinesia may be a result of inappropriate oscillatory drive to the muscles. Typically, the signal processing method of coherence is used ...

While many approaches have been proposed to identify the signal onset in EMG recordings, there is no standardized method for performing this task. Here, we propose to use a change-point detection procedure based on singular spectrum analysis to determine the onset of EMG signals. This method is suitable for automated real-time implementation, can be applied directly to the raw signal, and does ...

40 Fingertip force control requires fine coordination of multiple hand muscles within 41 and across the digits. While the modulation of neural drive to hand muscles as a function 42 of force has been extensively studied, much less is known about the effects of fatigue on 43 the coordination of simultaneously active hand muscles. We asked eight subjects to 44 perform a fatiguing contraction by g...

Rectification of surface EMG before spectral analysis is a well-established preprocessing method used in the detection of motor unit firing patterns. A number of recent studies have called into question the need for rectification before spectral analysis, pointing out that there is no supporting experimental evidence to justify rectification. We present an analysis of 190 records from 13 subjec...

We introduce a new method to perform a blind deconvolution of the surface electromyogram (EMG) signals generated by isometric muscle contractions. The method extracts the information from the raw EMG signals detected only on the skin surface, enabling longtime noninvasive monitoring of the electromuscular properties. Its preliminary results show that surface EMG signals can be used to determine...

This paper deals with the online decomposition of intramuscular electromyographic (iEMG) signals. A Markov model is proposed, which takes into account a varying number of firing motor neurons. A Bayes filter detects online the firing motor units by using a dictionary of approximated motor unit action potentials waveforms, and estimates precisely the action potential shapes and the respective fi...

how to cite this article: nilipor y, shariatmadari f, abdollah gorji f, rouzrokh m, ghofrani m, karimzadeh p, taghdiri mm,  delavarkasmaei h, ahmadabadi f, bakhshandeh bali mk, nemati h, saket s, jafari n, yaghini o, tonekaboni sh.  evaluation of one hundred pediatric muscle biopsies during a 2-year period in mofid children and toos hospitals. iran j child neurol. 2013 spring;7(2):17-21.   obje...