Design of Surface Electrode Array for Measuring Conduction Velocity in the Human Genioglossus Muscle

Author

O´Connor, Ciara M. ; der van Merwe, L. ; Langran, Simon ; O´Sullivan, Michael ; Nolan, Philip ; Vaughan, Christopher L. ; O´Malley, Mark J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Mech. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin

Volume

54

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

339

Abstract

A new appliance, incorporating linear arrays of pin electrodes for genioglossus (GG) surface electromyography measurement, is presented. This design enables the estimation of GG muscle fiber conduction velocity, which decreases with fatigue. The performance of the device was evaluated for ten healthy human subjects during fatiguing and force varying contractions

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; electromyography; conduction velocity; fatigue; force varying contractions; human genioglossus muscle; linear arrays; muscle fiber conduction velocity; pin electrodes; surface electrode array; surface electromyography; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Electromyography; Fatigue; Force measurement; Home appliances; Humans; Muscles; Velocity measurement; Conduction velocity estimation; electromyography; genio glossus muscles; linear electrode array; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Adult; Electrodes; Electromyography; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Male; Muscle, Skeletal; Neural Conduction; Tongue;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.2006.880911

Filename

4067164