Title :
Investigation of Sounds Produced by Healthy and Diseased Human Muscular Contraction
Author :
Rhatigan, Brian A. ; Mylrea, Kenneth C. ; Lonsdale, Edward ; Stern, Lawrence Z.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
Abstract :
Muscle sounds were recorded from the medial biceps of 37 subjects as they pressed against a stationary object. The recordings were analyzed with a digital computer for frequency content. 20 subjects had some form of neuromuscular disorder, while 17 had no known muscle impairment.
Keywords :
Blood flow; Digital recording; Frequency estimation; Heart; Humans; Instruments; Microphones; Muscles; Neuromuscular; Piezoelectric transducers; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomedical Engineering; Humans; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Neuromuscular Diseases; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Sound;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1986.325668
