DocumentCode
3477953
Title
EMG spectral analysis of muscle fatigue associated with chronic lower back pain
Author
Roy, S.H. ; Casavant, D. ; Emley, M. ; Gilmore, L.D. ; De Luca, Carlo J.
Author_Institution
Neuromuscular Res. Center, Boston Univ., MA, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
1732
Abstract
Information relevant to back-pain treatment planning and outcome can be formulated by measuring the fatigue process of lumbar musculature. The clinical validation of an EMG median frequency technique for identifying lumbar muscle insufficiency in back patients and control subjects is presented. The results from two-group, stepwise discriminant analyses to identify low-back pain and non-low-back pain subjects indicate that this method could be useful as a clinical assessment procedure.<>
Keywords
bioelectric potentials; biomedical measurement; muscle; spectral analysis; 2-group stepwise discriminant analysis; EMG median frequency technique; EMG spectral analysis; back patients; chronic lower back pain; clinical assessment procedure; clinical validation; lumbar muscle insufficiency; muscle fatigue;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94957
Filename
94957
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