title: Estimation of handgrip force using frequency-band technique during fatiguing muscle contraction.
abstract: In this paper, we propose a force estimation model to compute the handgrip force from SEMG signal during fatiguing muscle contraction tasks. The appropriate frequency range was analyzed using various combinations of a wavelet scale, and the highest accuracy was achieved at a range from 242 to 365 Hz. After that, eight healthy individuals performed a series of static (70%, 50%, 30%, and 20% MVC) and dynamic (0-50% MVC) muscle contraction tasks to evaluate the performance of this technique in comparison with that of former method using the Root Mean Square of the SEMG signal. Both methods had comparable results at the beginning of the experiments, before the onset of muscle fatigue. However, differences were clearly observed as the degree of muscle fatigue began to increase toward the endurance time. Under this condition, the estimated handgrip force using the proposed method improved from 17% to 134% for static contraction tasks and 40% for dynamic contraction tasks. This study overcomes the limitation of the former method during fatiguing muscle contraction tasks and, therefore, unlocks the potential of utilizing the SEMG signal as an indirect force estimation method for various applications.
authors.affiliation: Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8568, Japan. soo@race.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yewguan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Ryu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Tatsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ota
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013314:Stress, Mechanical