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ArticleExperimental brain research2021

Reconstruction of net force fluctuations from surface EMGs of multiple muscles in steady isometric plantarflexion.

Ryosei Suzuki, Hiroaki Kanehisa, Sohei Washino, Hironori Watanabe, Minoru Shinohara, Yasuhide Yoshitake

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Ryosei SuzukiGraduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 3860018, Japan.
Hiroaki KanehisaSchool of Sports and Health Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nozihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 5258577, Japan.
Sohei WashinoHuman Augmentation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 6-2-3 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 2770882, Japan.
Hironori WatanabeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama, 3508585, Japan.
Minoru ShinoharaSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 555 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Yasuhide YoshitakeGraduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 3860018, Japan. yasu_yoshitake@shinshu-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-4376

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) in Japan (19H04018)
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The purposes of this study were to clarify if force fluctuations during steady multi-muscle contractions have a temporal correlation with a low-frequency component of rectified surface EMG (rEMG) in the involved muscles and collection of that component across muscles allows for the reconstruction of force fluctuations across a wide range of contraction intensities. Healthy young men (n = 15) exerted steady isometric plantarflexion force at 5-60% of maximal force. Surface EMG was recorded from the medial and lateral gastrocnemii, soleus, peroneus longus, abductor hallucis, and tibialis anterior muscles. The cross-correlation function (CCF) between plantarflexion force fluctuations and low-pass filtered rEMG in each muscle was calculated for 8 s. To reconstruct force fluctuations from rEMGs, the product of rEMG and an identified constant factor were summed across muscles with time-lag compensation for electro-mechanical delay. A distinct peak of the CCF was found between plantarflexion force fluctuations and rEMG in most cases except for the tibialis anterior. The CCF peak was greatest in the medial gastrocnemius and soleus. Reconstructed force from rEMGs was temporally correlated with measured force fluctuations across contraction intensities (average CCF peak: r = 0.65). The results indicate that individual surface rEMG has a low-frequency component that is temporally correlated with net force fluctuations during steady multi-muscle contractions and contributes to the reconstruction of force fluctuations across a wide range of contraction intensities. It suggests a potential applicability of individual surface EMGs for identifying the contributing muscles to controlling or disturbing isometric steady force in multi-muscle contractions.

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Muscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalElectromyographyHumansIsometric ContractionLegMaleCross-correlation functionInterference electromyogramMultiple muscle modelSteadiness

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