title: Computation and evaluation of features of surface electromyogram to identify the force of muscle contraction and muscle fatigue.
abstract: The relationship between force of muscle contraction and muscle fatigue with six different features of surface electromyogram (sEMG) was determined by conducting experiments on thirty-five volunteers. The participants performed isometric contractions at 50%, 75%, and 100% of their maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). Six features were considered in this study: normalised spectral index (NSM5), median frequency, root mean square, waveform length, normalised root mean square (NRMS), and increase in synchronization (IIS) index. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and linear regression analysis were performed to determine the significance of the feature with respect to the three factors: muscle force, muscle fatigue, and subject. The results show that IIS index of sEMG had the highest correlation with muscle fatigue and the relationship was statistically significant (P < 0.01), while NSM5 associated best with level of muscle contraction (%MVC) (P < 0.01). Both of these features were not affected by the intersubject variations (P > 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Biosignals Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
authors.forename: Sridhar P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Arjunan
authors.affiliation: Biosignals Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
authors.forename: Dinesh K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D018763:Muscle Fatigue; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology