Title :
European Community Projects on Surface Electromyography
Author :
Merletti, R. ; Hermens, H. ; Kadefors, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
Three European Projects dealing with Surface Electromyography (SEMG) are presented. Surface EMG for Non-Invasive Assessment of Muscles (SENIAM, 1996-2000) produced a set of European guidelines concerning EMG sensors, their positioning criteria, EMG processing, modeling and information extraction. Prevention of muscle disorders in operation of computer input devices (PROCID, 1998-2001) dealt with wire and surface EMG and provided insight in muscular disorders in computer users. Neuromuscular assessment in the Elderly Worker (NEW, 2001-2004) will apply SEMG techniques to the assessment of aging individuals performing repetitive or straining work. SEMG techniques are not meant to replace needle techniques. They provide a different kind of information which is valuable in many applications concerning ergonomics, rehabilitation, occupational, sport and geriatric medicine.
Keywords :
electromyography; ergonomics; geriatrics; human factors; medical signal processing; patient rehabilitation; research initiatives; sport; EMG processing; EMG sensors; European Union projects; European guidelines; computer input device operation; elderly worker; ergonomics; fine wire EMG; geriatric medicine; information extraction; modeling; muscle disorders prevention; neuromuscular assessment; noninvasive assessment of muscles; occupational medicine; positioning criteria; rehabilitation; repetitive work; sport medicine; straining work; surface electromyography; Aging; Application software; Data mining; Electromyography; Guidelines; Muscles; Needles; Neuromuscular; Senior citizens; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1020387
