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electromyogram signals
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1. Task group
2. Muscle unit
3. Fiber unit
4. Contractile apparatus
What is the term given to describe all of the
muscle fibers belonging to one motor unit?
1. Task group
2. Muscle unit
3. Fiber unit
4. Contractile apparatus
Motor Unit Motor Unit Motor Unit
1 2 3
1.
Signal amplitude
2.
Detection volume
3.
4.
Distance from AP
Which needle electrode configuration is likely to
produce the lower two traces?
1.
Signal amplitude
2.
Detection volume
3.
4.
Distance from AP
All of the following are limitations of
intramuscular recordings except:
Muscle fiber = 50 μm
8.2 X
What is one limitation of wire electrodes
compared with needle electrodes?
Wire 2
Site 2a Site 2b
2) Exposed macro
electrode
Stålberg et al. 1980
A macro EMG electrode can be used to
address all but which of the following:
Investigated
corridor
MU territory
2) Concentric
needle electrode
1. Modeling approach
2. “Best match” or “peel off” method
MATLAB based EMGLAB resolved
superimpositions with which method?
1. Modeling approach
2. “Best match” or “peel off” method
MATLAB based EMGLAB resolved
superimpositions with which method?
1. Modeling approach
2. “Best match” or “peel off” method
Stashuk 2001
Which is not a method of verifying a
decomposed signal?
1) 5
2) 0.39
3) 7.5
4) 0.5
If the time between averaged waveforms is 1.28
ms and the CV is 3.9 m*s-1, how far apart are
the electrodes on the array in mm?
1) 5
2) 0.39
3) 7.5
4) 0.5
Amplifier
(EMG)
Trigger
unit
First dorsal
interosseus
Averager Torque
contribution
Force
transducer
Amplifier
Stålberg & Falck 1997
Patient 1 Patient 2
Signal A Signal B
Which detection system (intramuscular or surface)
is used to diagnose pathologies and why?