Piper rhythm of the electromyograms of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle during isometric contractions. 2011

Vinzenz von Tscharner, and Marina Barandun, and Lisa M Stirling
Human Performance Laboratory, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. vincent@kin.ucalgary.ca

A temporal pattern coding, synchronization and rhythmicity form an integral part of central nervous system information controlling the muscle activation. Rhythmic oscillations of muscles at frequencies of 35-60 Hz were already noted in the electromyograms by Piper (1907). The purpose of this study was to resolve the Piper rhythm in the EMG of the APB muscle and report the pacing frequencies of the Piper rhythm. The Piper rhythm was identified using the power of the EMG signals extracted by a wavelet transform at higher frequencies (170-271 Hz). The results showed distinct power of the intensity extracted by the wavelets in a frequency band ranging from about 30-60 Hz. The band was reflected in the power spectra of the EMG intensity and in the first eigenvector of a principal component analysis of the power spectra. The fact that the Piper rhythm shown in this study for the APB muscle yielded a large contribution to the total power means that one can use the frequency and amplitude of the Piper rhythm in future analysis of EMG signals to monitor the influence and changes of the central command.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007537 Isometric Contraction Muscular contractions characterized by increase in tension without change in length. Contraction, Isometric,Contractions, Isometric,Isometric Contractions
D008297 Male Males
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013933 Thumb The first digit on the radial side of the hand which in humans lies opposite the other four. Thumbs
D058067 Wavelet Analysis Signal and data processing method that uses decomposition of wavelets to approximate, estimate, or compress signals with finite time and frequency domains. It represents a signal or data in terms of a fast decaying wavelet series from the original prototype wavelet, called the mother wavelet. This mathematical algorithm has been adopted widely in biomedical disciplines for data and signal processing in noise removal and audio/image compression (e.g., EEG and MRI). Spatiotemporal Wavelet Analysis,Wavelet Signal Processing,Wavelet Transform,Analyses, Spatiotemporal Wavelet,Analyses, Wavelet,Analysis, Spatiotemporal Wavelet,Analysis, Wavelet,Processing, Wavelet Signal,Processings, Wavelet Signal,Signal Processing, Wavelet,Signal Processings, Wavelet,Spatiotemporal Wavelet Analyses,Transform, Wavelet,Transforms, Wavelet,Wavelet Analyses,Wavelet Analyses, Spatiotemporal,Wavelet Analysis, Spatiotemporal,Wavelet Signal Processings,Wavelet Transforms
D018482 Muscle, Skeletal A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles. Anterior Tibial Muscle,Gastrocnemius Muscle,Muscle, Voluntary,Plantaris Muscle,Skeletal Muscle,Soleus Muscle,Muscle, Anterior Tibial,Muscle, Gastrocnemius,Muscle, Plantaris,Muscle, Soleus,Muscles, Skeletal,Muscles, Voluntary,Skeletal Muscles,Tibial Muscle, Anterior,Voluntary Muscle,Voluntary Muscles
D025341 Principal Component Analysis Mathematical procedure that transforms a number of possibly correlated variables into a smaller number of uncorrelated variables called principal components. Analyses, Principal Component,Analysis, Principal Component,Principal Component Analyses

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