Logarithmic Power-Frequency: An Alternative Method for EMG-Based Fatigue Assesment

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• Personal Author:
  Nussbaum MA ; Yassierli Y
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to explore different methods of processing EMG signals with a goal of obtaining more sensitive measures of fatigue. Two groups of 28 and 16 participants performed isometric efforts in arm abduction and torso extension until exhaustion respectively at three exertion levels (30, 50, and 70% of maximum). Electromyographic signals were recorded from the middle deltoid muscle and the erector spinae muscles at the L4/L5 level for the first and second group, respectively. Three new parameters, peak amplitude frequency, slop of lower frequency, and slop of higher frequency, were derived from logarithmic power versus logarithmic frequency over a 20-200 Hz bandwidth. Changes of these parameters over time were found to be sensitive to fatigue and to different levels of exertion. The first two parameters were more sensitive than median power frequency during arm abductions, but less sensitive than mean power frequency. In torso extensions, the slope of higher frequency gave better performance than the slope of lower frequency. This alternative method appears to have promise for future EMG-based assessments of localized muscle fatigue. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Human-factors-engineering Humans Muscle-stress Muscle-tension Muscles Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physical-exercise Physical-stress Statistical-analysis

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• ISBN:
  0945289227
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027116
• Citation:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2003 Oct; :1184-1188
• Contact Point Address:
  Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineerinng, Virginia Tech, 250 Durham Hall (0118), Blacksburg, VA, 24061
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting
• End Date:
  20040929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b63d2d914b822cdaed1712d25da88c9c53dd7e79d97737ecf86f85247a02248d132cf6c1860bef14dd023b176937ee30634be29a5af52da04b6eb7ffd1ef9e21
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197462/cdc_197462_DS1.pdf
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