Tibialis anterior EMG activation pattern changes with walking speed during over ground and treadmill walking

Author

Barrett, A. ; Donnelly, A.E. ; Olaighin, G.

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

4883

Lastpage

4886

Abstract

It is necessary to examine Tibialis Anterior (TA) Electromyography (EMG) activity patterns in order to develop better rehabilitation strategies for drop foot. This paper examines TA EMG activation pattern changes with varying walking speed during over ground and treadmill walking. EMG activation patterns were biphasic in nature increased with an increase in speed and displayed different activity patterns during the early to mid-swing phase of gait. Two different patterns of activation became evident.

Keywords

diseases; electromyography; gait analysis; patient rehabilitation; drop foot; electromyography activity pattern; ground walking; mid-swing phase; rehabilitation; tibialis anterior EMG; treadmill walking; Biomedical engineering; Electromyography; Foot; Guidelines; Legged locomotion; Medical treatment; Muscles; Optical recording; Pattern matching; Switches; Biomechanical Phenomena; Calibration; Electromyography; Exercise Test; Foot; Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Humans; Reference Values; Walking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353434

Filename

4353434