Title
Differential activation of the biceps brachii heads in normal subjects
Abstract
To facilitate the use of upper limb myoelectric prostheses, we investigated if and how muscle compartments, i.e intra-muscular subdivisions each innervated by a nerve branch, could be voluntarily contracted. Five pairs of electrodes were positioned across the short head of the biceps brachii and 5 others across its long head. Electromyographic signals from 4 able subjects were collected. They produced voluntary isometric and isotonic contractions with the arm kept in different positions while the hand was either fully supinated, neutral or fully pronated. Root mean square value of the signals, from the 5 electrode pairs across the long and short heads were averaged. Depending on the task, activity was found larger in one head or in the other. Being able to activate either head of the biceps, while not yet completely independently, suggests that the selective use of compartments could be a possible avenue for controlling myoelectric prostheses.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ISSPA.2012.6310661
ISSPA
Keywords
Field
DocType
electromyographic signal,electrode array,electrode,compartment,differential activation,biceps brachii,upper limb myoelectric prosthesis,intra-muscular subdivision,surface emg,prosthetics,medical signal processing,muscle compartment,voluntary isometric contraction,nerve branch,electrodes,voluntary isotonic contraction,myoelectric prosthesis control,electromyography,root mean square value,biceps brachii heads,correlation,head
Biceps reflex,Computer vision,Biceps,Anatomy,Upper limb,Electrode array,Computer science,Electromyography,Compartment (ship),Isotonic,Artificial intelligence,Isometric exercise
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-0380-4
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nahal Nejat100.34
Pierre A. Mathieu262.64
Michel Bertrand3172.92