A measurement method of muscle fiber conduction velocity for surface EMG signal of muscle diseased patient

근 질환자의 표면 근전도 신호에 대한 근섬유 전도속도 측정방법

  • Lee, J. (Dept. of Biomedical Engin. Hanlyo Sanup Univ.) ;
  • Jung, J.K. (Dept. of Electronics Engin. Univ. of Seoul) ;
  • Shin, S.H. (Dept. of Electronics Engin. Univ. of Seoul) ;
  • Park, I.S. (Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine Inje Univ.) ;
  • Ko, H.Y. (Pusan National Univ. Hospital) ;
  • Kim, S.H. (Dept. of Electronics Engin. Univ. of Seoul)
  • Published : 1997.11.28

Abstract

A new approach to the measurement of muscle fiber conduction velocity by surface electro-myography(EMG) is developed, based upon a robust time-delay estimation algorithm. Unlike previously reported methods, it does not require the Gaussian assumption of raw EMG signal, and can be applied accurately in non-gaussian impulsive EMG signal. For ive healthy subjects the conduction velocity in the biceps brachii and vastus medialis was measured and compared with various other techniques. As a result, the average muscle fiber conduction velocity was $4.59{\pm}0.20m/s$ in case of biceps brachii and $5.67{\pm}0.33m/s$ in vastus medialis.

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