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A novel approach to surface electromyography: an exploratory study of electrode-pair selection based on signal
Cynthia Kendell1, Edward D Lemaire, Yves Losier
1The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, 505 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H8M2, Canada. kendellcynthia@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 3×4 electrode array was placed over each of seven muscles and surface electromyography (sEMG) data were collected during isometric contractions. For each array, nine bipolar electrode pairs were formed off-line and sEMG parameters were calculated and evaluated based on repeatability across trials and comparison to an anatomically placed electrode pair. The use of time-domain parameters for the selection of an electrode pair from within a grid-like array may improve upon existing electrode placement methodologies.
