Analysis of surface EMG spike shape across different levels of isometric force.

Abstract:

:This research evaluated changes in surface electromyographic (SEMG) spike shape across different levels of isometric force. Ninety-six subjects generated three 5-s isometric step contractions of the elbow flexors at 40, 60, 80, and 100% of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). Force and bipolar SEMG activity were monitored concurrently. The mean spike amplitude (MSA) exhibited a linear increase across the four levels of force. The mean spike frequency (MSF) remained stable from 40 to 80% of MVC; it then decreased from 80 to 100% of MVC. There was a concomitant increase in mean spike slope (MSS) that indicates that the biceps brachii (BB) relied on the recruitment of higher threshold motor units (MUs) from 40 to 80% of MVC. However, there progressive decrease in the mean number of peaks per spike (MNPPS) that suggests that MU synchronization was additionally required to increase force from 80 to 100% of MVC. The spike shape measures, taken together, indicate that the decrease in frequency content of the signal was due to synchronization, not an increased probability of temporal overlap due an increase in rate-coding.

journal_name

J Neurosci Methods

authors

Gabriel DA,Lester SM,Lenhardt SA,Cambridge ED

doi

10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.07.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-15 00:00:00

pages

146-52

issue

1

eissn

0165-0270

issn

1872-678X

pii

S0165-0270(06)00317-7

journal_volume

159

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