Physiology and Mathematics of Myoelectric Signals

Author

De Luca, Carlo J.

Author_Institution

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children´´s Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 and with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Issue

6

fYear

1979

fDate

6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

313

Lastpage

325

Abstract

The myoelectric (ME) signal is the electrical manifestation of the neuromuscular activation associated with a contracting muscle. It is an exceedingly complicated signal which is affected by the anatomical and physiological properties of muscles, the control scheme of the peripheral nervous system, as well as the characteristics of the instrumentation that is used to detect and observe it. Most of the relationships between the ME signal and the properties of a contracting muscle which are presently employed have evolved serendipitously. The lack of a proper description of the ME signal is probably the greatest single factor which has hampered the development of electromyography (EMG) into a precise discipline.

Keywords

Biomembranes; Control systems; Electrodes; Electromyography; Mathematics; Muscles; Neuromuscular; Orthopedic surgery; Physiology; Shape; Action Potentials; Electromyography; Electrophysiology; Humans; Mathematics; Models, Neurological; Motor Neurons; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Recruitment, Neurophysiological;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.1979.326534

Filename

4123061