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Measurement of the amplitude of the EMG envelope
Author(s) -
Nandedkar Sanjeev D.,
Sanders Donald B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880131008
Subject(s) - amplitude , envelope (radar) , electromyography , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physics , audiology , computer science , telecommunications , optics , radar
Abstract When the force of muscle contraction is increased, the amplitude of the EMG envelope (ENAMP) increases. The ENAMP is usually assessed subjectively and its value in EMG analysis has been established. In this article we describe a method to make automatic measurements of the ENAMP. This method was tested on recordings of the EMG interference pattern (IP) from the biceps muscle of normal subjects. Normal values of this feature in the biceps muscle are described. There was a good concordance between the ENAMP measurements made by subjectve assessment and by automatic analysis and the ENAMP values correlated strongly with a previously described feature of the IP called the upper centile amplitude. We infer that ENAMP is a robust feature of the IP that reflects the amplitude of the largest MUAP in the IP.