| Title |
A Study on the Estimation of Motor Unit Information using Surface EMG |
| Authors |
김성환(Kim, Sung-Hwan) ; 이호용(Lee, Ho-Yong) ; 손동일(Son, Dong-Il) ; 정철기(Jung, Chul-Ki) ; 고도영(Ko, Do-Young) |
| Keywords |
motor unit ; SMUAP detector ; CMAP ; MU-simulator |
| Abstract |
In this study, we present a novel method for estimating the information of MU(motor unit) which is the basic element of human muscle by using surface EMG. Some of the method developed in this field could only estimate the numbers of MU that is activated. However, in our study the MU-simulator based on the line source model was designed to estimate the MU information including the numbers of MU and muscle fiber, conduction velocity, MU diameter, fiber diameter, and end plate position. The SMUAP(single motor unit action potential) detector was designed and CMAP(compound muscle action potential) by electrical stimulus was recorded. With these data, the MU-simulator can estimate the MU information by varying muscle paramater settings through MSE(mean square error) method. Our results shows that the proposed method can be comparable with the method of anatomical studies. Moreover, our system can be utilized to build a tool for diagnosis and treatment assessment of neuromuscular patients. |