Electromyography: The analysis of muscle electrical activity The electromyogram Recording the Electromyogram Factors affecting electromyogram Analyzing the electromyogram Applications of electromyography
Electromyography Recording and interpreting the electrical activity of muscle’s action potential
Recording the electromyogram Electrodes – Size Number Placement Signal conduction – wires or telemetry? Signal conditioning Amplification Filtering Analog to digital conversion Integration Frequency analysis
Filtering: Effect of different cutoff frequencies on EMG
Factors affecting the electromyogram
Analyzing the EMG signal
The concept of Frequency decomposition
Converting EMG from time domain to frequency domain What is the time block, Or window over which Frequency analysis is done?
EMG in the Frequency Domain
Applications of electromyography Timing of excitation Degree of excitation Normalization procedures Muscle force-emg relationship Muscle fatigue Clinical gait analysis Ergonomics Limitations of EMG
Timing and degree of excitation
EMG-force relationship
Electromechanical delay
Windowing is a critical step in converting EMG signal from time to frequency domain
The fatigue index From EMG – Review the Assumptions Inherent in this procedure
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