title: Influence of joint angle on the calibration and performance of EMG amplitude estimators.
abstract: Multiple-channel electromyogram (EMG) amplitude estimators incorporating temporal whitening filters and/or spatial uncorrelation filters contain a characterization of the EMG waveform (specifically, auto- and cross-correlation information) which may vary with joint angle. This paper reports on an experimental study which investigated the influence of joint angle on these EMG amplitude estimators. It was found that little or no relative improvement in estimator performance resulted from altering either temporal whitening or spatial uncorrelation filters as a function of joint angle. Also, the absolute performance level of these estimators did not vary with joint angle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA. msmail5.clancye@tsod.lmig.com
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002138:Calibration; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013269:Stochastic Processes