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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Sports Science
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Wearable monitoring devices are increasingly used in healthcare and sports to prevent injuries.
  • Electromyogram (EMG) signals reflect muscle activity and can indicate muscle fatigue.
  • Existing devices often lack real-time muscle fatigue detection capabilities during exercise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a wearable EMG patch for real-time muscle fatigue detection in the gastrocnemius muscle.
  • To integrate signal processing for accurate fatigue assessment during physical activity.
  • To create a user-friendly interface for displaying muscle fatigue status.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a two-electrode EMG patch with an ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller for real-time median frequency (MF) analysis.
  • Implemented empirical mode decomposition to filter noise from isotonic EMG signals.
  • Validated the patch's accuracy against a computer system using root-mean-square error on 20 participants during cycling.

Main Results:

  • The EMG patch accurately measured real-time median frequency (MF) of muscle activity.
  • Root-mean-square differences between real-time and off-line MF measurements were low (2.86 ± 0.86 Hz and 2.56 ± 0.47 Hz).
  • A smartphone application successfully displayed muscle fatigue conditions to users.

Conclusions:

  • The developed EMG patch effectively monitors muscle fatigue in real-time.
  • This technology has the potential to significantly reduce the risk of sports injuries.
  • Wearable EMG monitoring offers a promising approach for personalized exercise guidance and injury prevention.