Estimating Muscle Fibre Conduction Velocity in the Presence of Array Misalignment

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Abstract

Surface electromyography (sEMG) has the potential to provide valuable information regarding the status and health of a muscle. In particular, recent developments in high density sEMG (HD-sEMG), which allow simultaneous recordings from a greater number of electrodes, enable the calculation of muscle attributes such as the conduction velocity of motor unit action potentials. However, as with standard recording montages, HD-sEMG requires careful placement of the electrodes to align with the direction of the muscle fibres, thus limiting practical applications. In this paper we demonstrate an algorithm for calculating muscle fibre conduction velocity which is independent of the alignment of the array. The algorithm automatically corrects for the misalignment of the array whilst estimating the conduction velocity using common local all-pass (CLAP) filters. Specifically, the misalignment is modelled as a rotation of the array relative to the fibre and this rotation is estimated by iteratively fitting the model to the output of the CLAP filters. We validate the proposed algorithm on simulated HD-sEMG data generated from a realistic biological model, demonstrating that the algorithm obtains an accurate estimate of the conduction velocity even when the array is misaligned.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Pages853-860
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789881476852
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

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  • Information Systems

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