Activity of upper limb muscles during human walking

Kuhtz-Buschbeck, Johann P.; Jing, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.08.014

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“…The sEMG activity was measured on the TB of a total of 402 subjects, and 262 and 140 subjects were used for the purpose of rehabilitation and sports performance, respectively. The studies on rehabilitation utilised sEMG electrodes to measure the TB activity of patients of stroke [21][22][23][24], spinal cord injury [25][26][27][28], cerebral palsy [29], gait disorder [8,30], fatigue injury [20,31], and joint stability injury [17] during their trials. In contrast, the sports-based studies applied sEMG electrodes to measure the TB activity of athletes during the following sports activities: tennis [32][33][34], karate [35,36], pole vaulting [37], swimming [38,39], and dart throwing [40].…”

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“…With respect to the anatomical location on the long head of the TB, eight of the studies [21,25,28,30,[33][34][35]38] followed the SENIAM guidelines reported by Hermens et al (1997 and [41,48], and one of the studies [24] used the recommendations given by Cram et al (1998) [45] for electrode placements.…”

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“…sEMG electrodes composed of various metals have been applied to measure the TB activity in several of the studies that are reported in the present study. Based on these studies, we can classify sEMG electrodes based on their composition of various metals: Ag/AgCl [23,30,35], gold [39], silver [32], nickel silver [27], and polycarbonate [29]. Most of the studies included in this study applied a bipolar surface electrode of Ag/AgCl recording system for the measurement of TB activity because the Ag/AgCl metallic electrodes is highly stable and present the lowest noise interface with respect to other metallic electrodes [41].…”

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“…The electrodes size has been reached in the literature [8,17,22,26,36] without any conclusion. However, fourteen of the studies (60.87%) utilised an electrode size of up to 10 mm, and four of the studies (17.39%) [28,30,33,34] applied electrodes greater than 10 mm in size to measure the EMG activity of the TB. For example, Dimitrova et al [42] utilised square-shaped electrode plates of different sizes (1 × 1 mm, 2 × 2 mm, 4 × 4 mm, 8 × 8 mm, 10 × 10 mm, and 20 × 20 mm) and concluded that a greater electrode size measured less motor unit potentials due to the spatial filtering of the electrode surface.…”

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Recent Observations in Surface Electromyography Recording of Triceps Brachii Muscle in Patients and Athletes

Ali

Sundaraj

Ahmad

et al. 2014

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

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Abstract. OBJECTIVE:To observe and analyse the literature on the use of surface electromyography electrodes, including the shape, size, and metal composition of the electrodes used, the interelectrode distance, and the anatomical locations on the muscle at which the electrodes are placed, for the observation of the triceps brachii muscle activity in patients and athletes. METHODS: We searched the ScienceDirect and SpringerLink online databases for articles published in the English language during the last six years (between January 2008 and December 2013). We specifically searched for the keywords "EMG" and "triceps brachii" in the full text of each of the articles. The inclusion criteria were articles on the use of surface electromyography electrodes to observe the activity of the triceps brachii muscle in patients and athletes. RESULTS: In the 23 selected articles, the activities of the triceps brachii muscle in a total of 402 subjects were measured using surface electromyography electrodes: 262 subjects in the studies that focused on the rehabilitation of patients with various disorders, and 140 subjects in the studies that focused on the sports performance of various athletes. To record the surface electromyography activity of the triceps brachii muscle, the electrodes were placed over the muscle belly or the three heads (lateral, long, and medial) of the triceps brachii muscle with diverse interelectrode distances. Seventeen studies used bipolar or triode silver/silver chloride electrodes, one study utilised bipolar gold electrodes, one study applied bipolar polycarbonate electrodes, one study used a linear array of four silver bar electrodes, one study utilised DELSYS parallel bar nickel silver electrodes, and two studies did not clearly mention the composition of the electrodes used. CONCLUSIONS: Bipolar silver/silver chloride circular-shaped electrodes are utilised more frequently than electrodes with a different metal composition and shape. The anatomical locations of the triceps brachii muscle that mainly considered for electrode placement are the lateral, long, and medial heads. A 10-mm electrode size is commonly used to measure the sEMG activity more efficiently. However, we found that an electrode size of up to 40 mm may be used to reliably measure the sEMG activity on the triceps brachii muscle. A 20-mm interelectrode distance is commonly used to measure the sEMG activity using the above mentioned muscle locations and silver/silver chloride electrodes. We also identified others factors that should be taken into account for the use of the sEMG recording technique on the triceps brachii under real-time conditions.

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Section: Materials Shape and Size Of Surface Electromyography Electmentioning

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Recent Observations in Surface Electromyography Recording of Triceps Brachii Muscle in Patients and Athletes

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Sundaraj

Ahmad

et al. 2014

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

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“…Studies that have examined movements and muscle activity of the upper limbs during walking and activities of daily living (ADL) are by far less numerous than corresponding studies of the legs. Additionally a significant individual variety of upper limb movements have been found [11,12]. Thus, the objective of this project was to design and analyse an energy converting systems that captures motion from upper limb movements without bothersome additional muscle work.…”

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Design of a body energy harvesting system for the upper extremity

Brunner

Gerst

Pylatiuk

2017

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

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Converting energy from human upper limb motions into electrical energy is a challenge, as low frequency movements have to be converted into repetitive movements to effectively drive electromechanical generators. The prototype of an electromagnetic linear generator with gyrating mass is presented. The mechanical motion model first was simulated and the design was evaluated during different activities. An average power output of about 50 µW was determined with a maximum power output of 2.2 mW that is sufficient to operate sensors for health monitoring.

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Exploring How the Arms Can Help the Legs in Facilitating Gait Rehabilitation

Arellano,

Vega

2024

Advanced Biology

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Inspired by the ideas from the fields of gait rehabilitation, neuroscience, and locomotion biomechanics and energetics, a body of work is reviewed that has led to propose a conceptual framework for novel “self‐assistive” walking devices that could further promote walking recovery from incomplete spinal cord injuries. The underlying rationale is based on a neural coupling mechanism that governs the coordinated movements of the arms and legs during walking, and that the excitability of these neural pathways can be exploited by actively engaging the arms during locomotor training. Self‐assistive treadmill walking rehabilitation devices are envisioned as an approach that would allow an individual to actively use their arms to help the legs during walking. It is hoped that the conceptual framework inspires the design and use of self‐assistive walking devices that are tailored to assist individuals with an incomplete spinal cord injury to regain their functional walking ability.

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Activity of upper limb muscles during human walking

Cited by 81 publications

References 30 publications

Recent Observations in Surface Electromyography Recording of Triceps Brachii Muscle in Patients and Athletes

Recent Observations in Surface Electromyography Recording of Triceps Brachii Muscle in Patients and Athletes

Design of a body energy harvesting system for the upper extremity

Exploring How the Arms Can Help the Legs in Facilitating Gait Rehabilitation

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