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    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Rehabilitation Engineering
    • Human-Computer Interaction

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    • Myoelectric control systems translate muscle electrical activity into device commands.
    • Existing proportional control methods often require manual configuration and lack user-specific normalization.
    • Improving the robustness and intuitive control of myoelectric prosthetics is a key challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce and evaluate two novel proportional control algorithms for pattern recognition-based myoelectric control.
    • To enable automatic configuration of motion-specific gains and normalize the control space to the user's dynamic range.
    • To enhance the performance and usability of myoelectric control systems.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed two novel proportional control algorithms incorporating automatic gain configuration and class-specific normalization.
    • Compared the proposed algorithms against a standard proportional control method using Fitts' law tests.
    • Evaluated performance using Fitts' law throughput, path efficiency, overshoot, stopping distance, and completion rate.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed normalization methods significantly outperformed the standard method across all performance metrics for able-bodied subjects (p < 0.001).
    • One proposed method demonstrated superior throughput, achieving 21% improvement for amputee subjects and 40% for able-bodied subjects (p < 0.0001).
    • The algorithms require no additional user action beyond initial classifier training.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel proportional control algorithms offer a computationally simple yet effective improvement for myoelectric control.
    • These methods enhance users' ability to generate robust and controlled proportional velocity commands.
    • The findings suggest a significant advancement in the field of pattern recognition-based myoelectric control systems.