Title
Joint force estimation using time-varying SEMG feature in fatiguing contraction.
Abstract
Many studies have estimated joint force using surface electromyography (SEMG), however, the time-variant characteristic of SEMG is not considered. The change of SEMG amplitude is one of manifestations of muscle fatigue. This study proposes a force estimation method using SEMG in fatiguing contraction. The SEMG amplitude is used to determine the signal states by k-means clustering method. According to the signal state changes, the corresponding gain is used to estimate the force. The target contraction is an isometric abduction of an index finger in static and dynamic force conditions for 5 healthy subjects. The estimation performance was evaluated by percentage of root mean squared error (RMSE). The RMSE for the proposed method is 2.5 ± 1.0% under static condition and 8.8 ± 1.2% under dynamic condition. The accuracy using a constant gain calculated at initial time was used to compare with the proposed method. The RMSE are 8.9 ± 2.2% under static condition and 10.1 ± 2.4% under dynamic condition. The proposed method had better performance in both conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944398
EMBC
Keywords
DocType
Volume
semg amplitude,biomechanics,surface electromyography,index finger,dynamic force condition,force measurement,biomedical measurement,static force condition,isometric abduction,medical signal processing,fatigue,time-varying semg,fatiguing contraction,muscle fatigue,rmse,k-means clustering method,electromyography,signal state change,joint force estimation,root mean squared error
Conference
2014
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1557-170X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Youngjin Na153.54
Yunjoo Kim2135.69
Jung Kim335244.20