Processing of myoelectric signals for estimating the location of innervation zones in the skeletal muscles. 1989

T Masuda, and T Sadoyama
Industrial Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan.

An electrical activity associated with the excitement of muscle fibers arises from the myoneural junctions located at the middle length of the fibers and propagates to the both ends. This propagation can be detected with a multi-electrode array placed on the skin surface. Therefore, the position of the myoneural junctions, or of the innervation zones as a collection of myoneural junctions, can be estimated from the source of the propagation. The authors propose a method for determining the position of the propagation sources automatically with a computer. The method was based on the line-source model of muscle fibers. The positions of the propagation sources were treated as parameters in the model. When some values are assigned to the parameters, the surface potentials are calculated from the currents assumed to propagate on the muscle fibers. The computer searched for the optimal parameters which gave the best fit between the calculated and the measured potentials on the skin surface. Using this method some separate sources of propagation were detected at the middle length of the biceps brachii. The activity of the individual innervation zones was quantitatively described by the average amplitude of the potentials arising from the corresponding sources. This description clarified the changes in the activity of innervation zones when the contraction forces were varied.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009119 Muscle Contraction A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D009132 Muscles Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals. Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D004566 Electrodes Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum. Anode,Anode Materials,Cathode,Cathode Materials,Anode Material,Anodes,Cathode Material,Cathodes,Electrode,Material, Anode,Material, Cathode
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D012815 Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted processing of electric, ultrasonic, or electronic signals to interpret function and activity. Digital Signal Processing,Signal Interpretation, Computer-Assisted,Signal Processing, Digital,Computer-Assisted Signal Interpretation,Computer-Assisted Signal Interpretations,Computer-Assisted Signal Processing,Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Signal,Interpretations, Computer-Assisted Signal,Signal Interpretation, Computer Assisted,Signal Interpretations, Computer-Assisted,Signal Processing, Computer Assisted

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