Trial reportPhysiological measurement2012
Preferred sensor sites for surface EMG signal decomposition.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effects of barbell deadlift training on submaximal motor unit firing rates for the vastus lateralis and rectus femoris.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Effect of foot position during plantarflexion on the neural drive to the gastrocnemii in runners with Achilles tendinopathy.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- The effect of sensor-to-source distance on magnetic neuromuscular signals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Analyzing How Skinfold Thickness Affects Log-Transformed EMG Amplitude-Power Output Metrics.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Decomposition Method of Surface Electromyographic Signals: A Novel Approach for Motor Unit Activity and Recruitment Description.Physiological research · 2024Review
- Boys-men mean-power-frequency differences in progressive exercise to exhaustion, confounded by variability and adiposity.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
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- Differential impact on motor unit characteristics across severities of adult spinal muscular atrophy.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2023Article
- A comparison of techniques for verifying the accuracy of precision decomposition-derived relationships between motor unit firing rates and recruitment thresholds from surface EMG signals.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- Stability of the distal radioulnar joint with and without activation of forearm muscles.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2023Article
- Long-term upper-extremity prosthetic control using regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces and implanted EMG electrodes.Journal of neural engineering · 2023Article
- The Effect of Volitional Preemptive Abdominal Contraction on Biomechanical Measures During A Front Versus Back Loaded Barbell Squat.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Method of analysis influences interpretations of sex-related differences in firing rates during prolonged submaximal isometric contractions.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2022Article
- Increases in motor unit action potential amplitudes are related to muscle hypertrophy following eight weeks of high-intensity exercise training in females.European journal of sport science · 2021Article
- Motor unit action potential amplitude during low torque fatiguing contractions versus high torque non-fatiguing contractions: a multilevel analysis.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- The time course of neuromuscular impairment during short-term disuse in young women.Physiological reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Technologies for decomposing the electromyographic (EMG) signal into its constituent motor unit action potential trains have become more practical by the advent of a non-invasive methodology using surface EMG (sEMG) sensors placed on the skin above the muscle of interest (De Luca et al 2006 J. Neurophysiol. 96 1646-57 and Nawab et al 2010 Clin. Neurophysiol. 121 1602-15). This advancement has widespread appeal among researchers and clinicians because of the ease of use, reduced risk of infection, and the greater number of motor unit action potential trains obtained compared to needle sensor techniques. In this study we investigated the influence of the sensor site on the number of identified motor unit action potential trains in six lower limb muscles and one upper limb muscle with the intent of locating preferred sensor sites that provided the greatest number of decomposed motor unit action potential trains, or motor unit yield. Sensor sites rendered varying motor unit yields throughout the surface of a muscle. The preferred sites were located between the center and the tendinous areas of the muscle. The motor unit yield was positively correlated with the signal-to-noise ratio of the detected sEMG. The signal-to-noise ratio was inversely related to the thickness of the tissue between the sensor and the muscle fibers. A signal-to-noise ratio of 3 was found to be the minimum required to obtain a reliable motor unit yield.
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