title: Acquisition of myoelectric signals to control a hand prosthesis with implantable epimysial electrodes.
abstract: The acquisition of myoelectric signals from the Musculus deltoideus of a rhesus monkey is described. Such signals are aimed to be used as control signal for an active myoelectric hand prosthesis. For recording, implantable flexible, polyimide-based multi-site microelectrodes were placed epimysially on the muscle. EMG signals were recorded during voluntary goal-directed movements of the arm, and analyzed with respect to signal amplitude and frequency.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 66386 St. Ingbert, Germany. roman.ruff@ibmt.fraunhofer.de
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruff
authors.forename: Wigand
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poppendieck
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gail
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westendorff
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Russold
authors.forename: Soren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meiners
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted