Title :
Examining the adverse effects of limb position on pattern recognition based myoelectric control
Author :
Scheme, E. ; Fougner, A. ; Stavdahl, Ø. ; Chan, A.D.C. ; Englehart, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
Pattern recognition of myoelectric signals for the control of prosthetic devices has been widely reported and debated. A large portion of the literature focuses on offline classification accuracy of pre-recorded signals. Historically, however, there has been a semantic gap between research findings and a clinically viable implementation. Recently, renewed focus on prosthetics research has pushed the field to provide more clinically relevant outcomes. One way to work towards this goal is to examine the differences between research and clinical results. The constrained nature in which offline training and test data is often collected compared to the dynamic nature of prosthetic use is just one example. In this work, we demonstrate that variations in limb position after training can have a substantial impact on the robustness of myoelectric pattern recognition.
Keywords :
electromyography; medical control systems; medical signal processing; pattern recognition; prosthetics; limb position; myoelectric control; pattern recognition; prosthetic devices; prosthetics; semantic gap; signal classification; Accelerometers; Accuracy; Elbow; Electromyography; Pattern recognition; Prosthetics; Training; Electromyography; Extremities; Female; Humans; Male; Movement; Pattern Recognition, Automated;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627638