Fatigue Detection during Sit-To-Stand Test Based on Surface Electromyography and Acceleration: A Case Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subject
2.2. Apparatus
2.3. Experimental Setup
2.4. Preprocessing
2.5. Data Processing
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Muscles | Real Activation (µV) | Average Activation (µV) | MVC Percentage (%) | Muscle Involvement (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
GM | 288 | 128 (24.04) | 42.88 (2.20) | 8.5 (0.70) |
BF | 474 | 148 (41.01) | 28.05 (4.47) | 9.5 (2.12) |
VM | 762 | 212.50 (10.60) | 27.46 (0.60) | 14 (1.41) |
AR | 145 | 106.50 (10.60) | 83.62 (14.38) | 7 (1.41) |
ES | 81 | 116.50 (7.77) | 14.80 (0.99) | 7.5 (0.70) |
RF | 493 | 269 (5.65) | 52.53 (2.86) | 17.5 (2.12) |
SO | 492 | 263 (100.4) | 49.08 (6.18) | 15.5 (3.53) |
TA | 1098 | 298 (14.14) | 28.64 (2.12) | 21 (0.0) |
Axis. | Mean (SD) |
---|---|
X | 3.88 (0.39) |
Y | 25.79 (4.16) |
Z | 20.72 (0.28) |
Nrv | 28.04 (3.67) |
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Roldán Jiménez, C.; Bennett, P.; Ortiz García, A.; Cuesta Vargas, A.I. Fatigue Detection during Sit-To-Stand Test Based on Surface Electromyography and Acceleration: A Case Study. Sensors 2019, 19, 4202. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194202
Roldán Jiménez C, Bennett P, Ortiz García A, Cuesta Vargas AI. Fatigue Detection during Sit-To-Stand Test Based on Surface Electromyography and Acceleration: A Case Study. Sensors. 2019; 19(19):4202. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194202
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoldán Jiménez, Cristina, Paul Bennett, Andrés Ortiz García, and Antonio I. Cuesta Vargas. 2019. "Fatigue Detection during Sit-To-Stand Test Based on Surface Electromyography and Acceleration: A Case Study" Sensors 19, no. 19: 4202. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194202