Simulation of EMG signals for Aging muscle

Author

Ahad, Mohammad A. ; Orth, Travis D. ; Islam, Nazmul ; Ferdjallah, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Mech. & Electr. Eng. Deptartment, Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

15-18 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

During Aging muscle physiological properties change, which affect the Electropmyography (EMG) signals recorded by either surface electrodes or needle electrodes. In this paper, an surface EMG generation techniques has been presented by considering multilayer muscle model and physiologic behavior of type-I and type-II motor units during voluntary contraction from the latest findings in literature. The generated model has been utilized to simulate EMG signals of Tibialis Anterior muscle of both young (age 26 -44) and elderly (age 65-83) using published physiological data. The paper compares the spectrum of EMG signals and the EMG parameter such as root mean squared (RMS) values of young and elderly.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; electromyography; physiological models; EMG signal simulation; aging muscle physiological properties; elderly patients; electropmyography; multilayer muscle model; needle electrodes; root mean squared values; surface EMG generation; surface electrodes; tibialis anterior muscle; type-I motor units; type-II motor units; voluntary contraction; young patients; Aging; Electromyography; Force; Mathematical model; Muscles; Physiology; Senior citizens; Aging; EMG; RMS; Tibialis Anterior;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2012 Proceedings of IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1091-0050

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1374-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECon.2012.6197082

Filename

6197082