title: Validation of estimated muscle fiber conduction velocity with the normalized peak-averaging technique.
abstract: To estimate muscle fiber conduction velocity (MFCV), the normalized peak-averaging technique was developed along with complementary software and reported in a previous study. Electromyograms were recorded from the vicinity of end-plate zones (EMG data 1) and a site farther from the end-plates and distal tendons (EMG data 2) of biceps brachii muscles using surface array electrodes during 50% maximal voluntary isometric contractions in ten healthy volunteers. The MFCV values obtained with normalized peak-averaging technique were compared to those obtained with the cross-correlation technique and examined by computer simulation of the MFCV distribution. The MFCV values obtained with normalized peak-averaging technique highly correlated with those obtained with cross-correlation technique in both EMG data 1 and EMG data 2. It was also confirmed that MFCV values obtained from EMG data 1 were distributed much more widely than those obtained from EMG data 2. These results show the clinical usefulness of normalized peak-averaging technique for the detailed assessment of MFCV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Saitama Prefectural University, 820 Sannomiya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8540, Japan. nishihara-ken@spu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Futami
authors.forename: Kazuho
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gomi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted