ArticleGait & posture2024
Normalization of the hip abductors rate of activation during a voluntary step task in older adults: Reliability and differences among approaches.
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- The Impact of Normalization Procedures on Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Data Integrity: A Study of Bicep and Tricep Muscle Signal Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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backgroundVoluntary stepping tasks are used to measure the ability of an individual to step and has been associated with fall risk in older adults. Although electromyography (EMG) amplitude is measured during stepping tasks, there is no consensus about the reference EMG value that should be used to normalize the signal. The purpose of the present study was to 1) investigate the impact of using different EMG parameters as a reference to normalize the rate of activation (RoA) of the hip abductor muscles across lateral voluntary step trials and the differences between trials, and 2) to investigate the reliability among trials of the reference EMG values.
methodsNineteen older adults (>65 years of age) performed ten lateral choice reaction stepping test (CRST), while the gluteus medius and tensor fascia latae EMG were recorded. Three reference EMG values were calculated and used to normalize RoA during the stepping task. A repeated-measures ANOVA was used (normalized RoA[3] x trial[3]) to compare normalized EMG across trials, and an intraclass correlation coefficient and coefficient of variation were used for the inter-trial reliability of the reference EMG values.
resultsThe present study showed that gluteus medius and tensor fascia latae RoA normalized values from the stance and stepping leg (right or left side) measured during CRST are different according to the reference EMG value(P<0.001), with no differences across trials. Overall, the EMG procedures showed high inter-trial reliability, with a few exceptions. SIGNIFICANCE: Therefore, after careful examination of our results, the peak and mean EMG amplitudes showed consistently higher intraclass correlation coefficients; however, the former may provide a more intuitive reference value.
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