Combined surface and intramuscular EMG for improved real-time myoelectric control performance

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-107

  Kamavuako, Ernest N ^a   Scheme, Erik J ^b   Englehart, Kevin B ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitts' Law test; Intramuscular EMG; Pattern recognition; Real time control; Targeted EMG; Wrist rotator

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MUSCLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REAL TIME CONTROL;

FITTS' LAW; INTRAMUSCULAR EMG; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; OFFLINE CLASSIFICATION; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; REAL-TIME CONTROL TASK; TARGETED EMG; WRIST ROTATOR;

MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; WRIST;

EID: 84893915084     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: 17468108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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