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Invariant Surface EMG Feature Against Varying Contraction Level for Myoelectric Control Based on Muscle Coordination | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore

Invariant Surface EMG Feature Against Varying Contraction Level for Myoelectric Control Based on Muscle Coordination


Abstract:

Variations in muscle contraction effort have a substantial impact on performance of pattern recognition based myoelectric control. Though incorporating changes into train...Show More

Abstract:

Variations in muscle contraction effort have a substantial impact on performance of pattern recognition based myoelectric control. Though incorporating changes into training phase could decrease the effect, the training time would be increased and the clinical viability would be limited. The modulation of force relies on the coordination of multiple muscles, which provides a possibility to classify motions with different forces without adding extra training samples. This study explores the property of muscle coordination in the frequency domain and found that the orientation of muscle activation pattern vector of the frequency band is similar for the same motion with different force levels. Two novel features based on discrete Fourier transform and muscle coordination were proposed subsequently, and the classification accuracy was increased by around 11% compared to the traditional time domain feature sets when classifying nine classes of motions with three different force levels. Further analysis found that both features decreased the difference among different forces of the same motion p < 0.005) and maintained the distance among different motions p > 0.1). This study also provided a potential way for simultaneous classification of hand motions and forces without training at all force levels.
Published in: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics ( Volume: 19, Issue: 3, May 2015)
Page(s): 874 - 882
Date of Publication: 30 June 2014

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PubMed ID: 25014975

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