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Analysis of surface EMG signals during dynamic contraction using Lempel-Ziv complexity
Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
2015
Abstract
In this work, an attempt has been made to analyze progression of muscle fatigue in surface electromyography (sEMG) signals by estimating the complexity. The sEMG signals are acquired from biceps brachii of 50 healthy volunteers during dynamic contraction. The pre-processed signals are segmented into non-overlapping epochs of various sizes (500ms, 750ms and 1000ms) and Lempel-Ziv Complexity (LZC) is computed for each epoch. The linear regression technique is used to track the slope variations of LZC. The values of LZC show a decreasing trend during the progression of muscle fatigue. The magnitude of negative trend remained nearly constant irrespective of epoch size. Further, inter-subject variability of LZC measure is found to be minimum. The results shows that this method is useful in analyzing progression of muscle fatigue during dynamic contractions. © 2015 IEEE.
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JournalData powered by Typeset2015 41st Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference, NEBEC 2015
PublisherData powered by TypesetInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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Concepts (11)
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    Biomedical engineering
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    Electromyography
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    BICEPS BRACHII
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    Healthy volunteers
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    LEMPEL ZIV COMPLEXITY
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    LEMPEL ZIV COMPLEXITY (LZC)
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    LINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUES
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    MUSCLE FATIGUES
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    SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
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    Surface emg
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    Muscle