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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Prosthetics and Orthotics

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  • Electromyography (EMG) is standard for prosthetic control, but Force Myography (FMG) offers higher accuracy potential.
  • Effective prosthetic control requires not just classification accuracy but also proportional control for velocity and dynamic movements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel method for proportional velocity control using FMG for pattern recognition-based prosthetic applications.
  • To compare a proposed regression-based approach against a standard mean signal amplitude method for FMG control.

Main Methods:

  • Collected FMG data from 14 able-bodied and 1 amputee participant performing wrist and hand motions.
  • Compared offline proportional control performance of a standard mean signal amplitude approach and a proposed regression-based alternative.
  • Evaluated the impact of feedback during training and constrained versus unconstrained contractions.

Main Results:

  • The proposed class-specific regression approach significantly outperformed the standard method (R²=0.837 for able-bodied).
  • Feedback during training did not significantly impact performance (p=0.693).
  • An amputee subject achieved 83.4% classification accuracy and an R² of 0.375 for regression-based proportional control.

Conclusions:

  • A novel class-specific regression-based approach provides effective FMG-based proportional control for multi-class prosthetic applications.
  • The standard mean signal amplitude approach does not effectively translate from EMG to FMG for proportional control.
  • Real-time feedback, such as device speed, may further improve control for amputee users.