Design of surface electrode array for measuring conduction velocity in the human genioglossus muscle.
A new appliance, incorporating linear arrays of pin electrodes for genioglossus (GG) surface electromyography measurement, is presented. This design enables the estimation of GG muscle fiber conduction velocity, which decreases with fatigue. The performance of the device was evaluated for ten healthy human subjects during fatiguing and force varying contractions.
O'Connor
Ciara M
CM
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland. ciara@ee.ucd.ie
van der Merwe
Lize
L
der van Merwe
Lize
L
Langran
Simon
S
O'Sullivan
Michael
M
Nolan
Philip
P
Vaughan
Christopher L
CL
O'Malley
Mark J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D004566:Electrodes; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*