An electromyogram simulator for myoelectric prosthesis testing

Author

Patrick, S. ; Meklenburg, J. ; Jung, S. ; Mendelson, Y. ; Clancy, E.A.

Author_Institution

Worcester Polytech. Inst., Worcester, MA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Myoelectric prostheses use the naturally occurring surface electromyogram (EMG) produced by extant muscle tissue to provide amputees control of artificial limbs. Design and testing of these devices is currently performed using function generators or the healthy EMG signal of the tester. However, these methods of testing either do not provide data representative of the intended usage or are inconvenient to the tester, respectively. In this paper, we present a simple and portable prototype device which simulates the surface EMG signal in order to test myoelectric prostheses with a currently unavailable level of precision.

Keywords

artificial limbs; electromyography; medical control systems; amputee control; artificial limbs; electromyogram simulator; extant muscle tissue; myoelectric prosthesis testing; surface EMG; surface electromyogram; Computational modeling; Electrodes; Electromyography; Muscles; Performance evaluation; Prosthetics; Pulse modulation; Signal design; Signal generators; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6879-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458134

Filename

5458134