A myoelectric prosthesis controller

Author

ElBasiouny, S.M. ; El-Bialy, A.M. ; Tahe, M.F. ; Kandil, A.H. ; Rasm, M.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Helwan Univ., Cairo, Egypt

fYear

2003

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

141

Abstract

Myoelectric prostheses are preferred for their natural way of control and enhanced cosmetic restoration. Developing a software program that proportionally controls an upper limb myoelectric prosthesis is our target. Software processing of the (EMG) signal was performed by extracting the energy, RMS, and zero crossings features from the EMG signal, and then generating the appropriate control signal to the prosthesis for the required movements. A study for the amputee´s muscles was performed to choose the suitable muscles for the prosthesis operation. Results had shown that the introduced control on/off performance was over 95% and its proportional performance was over 80 %.

Keywords

artificial limbs; biocontrol; biomechanics; electromyography; medical control systems; medical signal processing; prosthetics; EMG signal; RMS features; amputee muscles; control on/off performance; control signal; energy; enhanced cosmetic restoration; myoelectric prosthesis controller; proportional performance; software processing; software program; upper limb myoelectric prosthesis; zero crossings features; Biomedical engineering; Control systems; Electrodes; Electromyography; Muscles; Proportional control; Prosthetics; Signal detection; Signal processing; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2003 IEEE 29th Annual, Proceedings of

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7767-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2003.1216031

Filename

1216031