TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimation of distal arm joint angles from EMG and shoulder orientation for transhumeral prostheses
AU - Akhtar, Aadeel
AU - Aghasadeghi, Navid
AU - Hargrove, Levi
AU - Bretl, Timothy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - In this paper, we quantify the extent to which shoulder orientation, upper-arm electromyography (EMG), and forearm EMG are predictors of distal arm joint angles during reaching in eight subjects without disability as well as three subjects with a unilateral transhumeral amputation and targeted reinnervation. Prior studies have shown that shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG, taken separately, are predictors of both elbow flexion/extension and forearm pronation/supination. We show that, for eight subjects without disability, shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG together are a significantly better predictor of both elbow flexion/extension during unilateral (R2=0.72) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.72) reaches and of forearm pronation/supination during unilateral (R2=0.77) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.70) reaches. We also show that adding forearm EMG further improves the prediction of forearm pronation/supination during unilateral (R2=0.82) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.75) reaches. In principle, these results provide the basis for choosing inputs for control of transhumeral prostheses, both by subjects with targeted motor reinnervation (when forearm EMG is available) and by subjects without target motor reinnervation (when forearm EMG is not available). In particular, we confirm that shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG together best predict elbow flexion/extension (R2=0.72) for three subjects with unilateral transhumeral amputations and targeted motor reinnervation. However, shoulder orientation alone best predicts forearm pronation/supination (R2=0.88) for these subjects, a contradictory result that merits further study.
AB - In this paper, we quantify the extent to which shoulder orientation, upper-arm electromyography (EMG), and forearm EMG are predictors of distal arm joint angles during reaching in eight subjects without disability as well as three subjects with a unilateral transhumeral amputation and targeted reinnervation. Prior studies have shown that shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG, taken separately, are predictors of both elbow flexion/extension and forearm pronation/supination. We show that, for eight subjects without disability, shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG together are a significantly better predictor of both elbow flexion/extension during unilateral (R2=0.72) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.72) reaches and of forearm pronation/supination during unilateral (R2=0.77) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.70) reaches. We also show that adding forearm EMG further improves the prediction of forearm pronation/supination during unilateral (R2=0.82) and mirrored bilateral (R2=0.75) reaches. In principle, these results provide the basis for choosing inputs for control of transhumeral prostheses, both by subjects with targeted motor reinnervation (when forearm EMG is available) and by subjects without target motor reinnervation (when forearm EMG is not available). In particular, we confirm that shoulder orientation and upper-arm EMG together best predict elbow flexion/extension (R2=0.72) for three subjects with unilateral transhumeral amputations and targeted motor reinnervation. However, shoulder orientation alone best predicts forearm pronation/supination (R2=0.88) for these subjects, a contradictory result that merits further study.
KW - Electromyography
KW - Locally-weighted projection regression
KW - Neural network
KW - Reaching
KW - Shoulder orientation
KW - Targeted motor reinnervation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.06.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 28624687
AN - SCOPUS:85020933350
SN - 1050-6411
VL - 35
SP - 86
EP - 94
JO - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
JF - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
ER -