Real-time classification of forearm electromyographic signals corresponding to user-selected intentional movements for multifunction prosthesis control

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-542

  Momen, Kaveh ^a   Krishnan, Sridhar ^b   Chau, Tom ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Classification; Clustering; Electromyography (EMG); Fuzzy c means; Prosthesis; Real time; Root mean square (rms)

Indexed keywords

FUZZY CLUSTERING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSTHETICS; ALGEBRA; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CLASSIFIERS; ERGONOMICS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MULTIFUNCTION PROSTHESIS CONTROL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS);

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

ADAPTIVE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNAL; EMG SIGNAL; FEATURE SPACE; FUZZY C MEAN; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; HAND MOVEMENT; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; OVERLAPPING WINDOW; PARAMETERIZED; PROSTHESIS CONTROL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; TRAINING DATA; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER TRAINING;

EID: 37249058368     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.908376     Document Type: Article

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