Muscle fatigue monitoring using wavelet decomposition of surface EMG. 1997

S Xiao, and S C Leung
Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon.

Monitoring the local muscle fatigue in maximum voluntary isometric contraction is successful using median frequency and mean power frequency of the surface EMG. However, it has very limited success in maximum voluntary dynamic contraction. We showed that the relaxation electromechanical delay was a reliable fatigue indicator during the maximum voluntary isokinetic concentric contraction. In this paper, we use wavelet decomposition to generate fatigue indicators including contraction delay (WCD), relaxation delay (WRD), and the power ratio related to high frequency and low frequency regions (HF/LF) of the power spectrum of surface electromyogram (SEMG). Eight subjects were asked to perform right knee isokinetic contractions at two angular velocities (120 and 240 degrees/sec). Total work (TW), knee angle, and four channels of quadriceps SEMGs were sampled simultaneously. The results indicate that the initial slopes of WCD and WRD increase and are correlated with TW significantly, the initial slope of HF/LF declines and is correlated with TW significantly, and the WRD is more stable than the WCD. It concludes that wavelet decomposition enhances the features of surface EMG, and that power ratio (HF/LF) and contraction and relaxation delays obtained with the EMG wavelet decomposition can be used to monitor the muscle fatigue during the maximum voluntary isokinetic concentric contraction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007866 Leg The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE. Legs
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
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
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
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
D018763 Muscle Fatigue A state arrived at through prolonged and strong contraction of a muscle. Studies in athletes during prolonged submaximal exercise have shown that muscle fatigue increases in almost direct proportion to the rate of muscle glycogen depletion. Muscle fatigue in short-term maximal exercise is associated with oxygen lack and an increased level of blood and muscle lactic acid, and an accompanying increase in hydrogen-ion concentration in the exercised muscle. Fatigue, Muscle,Muscular Fatigue,Fatigue, Muscular

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