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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Signal Processing
    • Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Surface Electromyography (sEMG) is crucial for assessing muscle activity.
    • Distinguishing fatigue from nonfatigue states in sEMG is vital for performance and injury prevention.
    • Existing methods may lack precision in identifying fatigue onset and progression.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a novel method for distinguishing nonfatigue and fatigue conditions in sEMG signals.
    • To analyze time-frequency characteristics of sEMG signals during isometric contractions.
    • To identify reliable features indicative of muscle fatigue.

    Main Methods:

    • Acquisition of sEMG signals from the biceps brachii muscle during isometric contractions in 22 healthy subjects.
    • Preprocessing and segmentation of sEMG signals into ten equal parts.
    • Decomposition using analytic Bump wavelets and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) for time-frequency analysis.
    • Extraction of maximum singular value and entropy as features for fatigue assessment.

    Main Results:

    • The analytic Bump Continuous Wavelet Transform combined with SVD effectively analyzed time-frequency distributions of sEMG signals.
    • Maximum singular value and entropy were identified as significant features for distinguishing fatigue states (p < .00001).
    • The proposed method demonstrated high capability in analyzing fatigue regions within sEMG data.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method provides a robust approach for fatigue detection in sEMG signals.
    • Time-frequency analysis using wavelet transform and SVD offers a promising tool for muscle fatigue monitoring.
    • This technique can aid in understanding muscle fatigue dynamics and optimizing training or rehabilitation protocols.