title: Design of surface electrode array for measuring conduction velocity in the human genioglossus muscle.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland. ciara@ee.ucd.ie
authors.forename: Ciara M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Lize
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van der Merwe
authors.forename: Lize
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: der van Merwe
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Langran
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: 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*