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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Rehabilitation Technology
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Motor unit-based control and implantable interfaces enhance prosthetic limb functionality.
    • Wireless transmission limitations hinder the integration of high-density motor unit data.
    • High sampling rates and channel counts are necessary for capturing detailed motor unit signals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate a data compression strategy for prosthetic limb control systems.
    • To overcome wireless transmission limitations for processing high-density motor unit data.
    • To enable improved prosthetic limb control through efficient data handling.

    Main Methods:

    • Investigated a two-stage data compression strategy: active channel selection and wavelet transformation.
    • Utilized the db4 wavelet for compressing raw electromyography (EMG) signals.
    • Employed high-density electrodes placed along muscle fibers for channel selection.

    Main Results:

    • Wavelet compression (db4) reduced raw EMG signals to 0.63% of original size with low WMSE error (0.109) and high correlation (0.9741±0.972).
    • Combined channel selection and wavelet transformation compressed 99.82% of transmitted data.
    • Preserved a Mean Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of 0.706 ± 0.169 with the combined method.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed wavelet compression pipeline effectively reduces EMG data size while preserving signal integrity.
    • The two-stage compression strategy significantly enhances data transmission capabilities for advanced prosthetic control.
    • This approach facilitates the integration of motor unit-based control with implantable interfaces for improved prosthetic limbs.