A data acquisition and signal processing system for EMG and acceleration signals

Author

Szabo, Bela ; Szabo, Raisa ; Shankar, Ravi ; Urso, Alessio ; Kolluri, Sai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-4 Apr 1990

Firstpage

255

Abstract

A data acquisition and signal processing system was designed to study the EMG (electromyogram) coordination and timing interplay of agonist and antagonist muscles during specific limb movements. The PC-based system collects EMG signals from two channels, corresponding to extensor and flexor muscles of the subject´s upper arm. Six other channels are utilized for motion information obtained from two three-axis piezoelectric acceleration transducers attached to the subject´s wrist. Based on the collected information, the stimulator (output) side of the system derives suitable stimulation patterns for the subject

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; computerised signal processing; data acquisition; medical computing; microcomputer applications; muscle; piezoelectric transducers; EMG signals; PC-based system; acceleration signals; agonist muscles; antagonist muscles; data acquisition system; electromyogram; extensor muscles; flexor muscles; limb movements; motion information; piezoelectric acceleration transducers; signal processing system; stimulation patterns; timing interplay; upper arm; wrist; Acceleration; Data acquisition; Electromyography; Muscles; Piezoelectric transducers; Process design; Signal design; Signal processing; Timing; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1990.117811

Filename

117811