The aim of this work is the development and the fine tuning of a software package dealing with myoelectric signal processing for movement analysis. The rationale of this work arises from a twofold need: the importance of surface EMG (sEMG) data interpretation in movement analysis and the lack of standardization in signal processing procedures, in spite of a wide use of electromyographic techniques in clinical and research contexts. Therefore, a unified and standardized approach to the information extraction could increase the validity of quantitative assessment, often affected by operator subjective choices. The algorithms inserted in the package arise from the wide experience of the authors in sEMG data processing. The software was designed upon the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and developed by using a waterfall approach based on the tracing of requirements analysis and on interface specification. The design of interfaces was studied with particular attention to user-friendliness and to the insertion of the product in clinical routine environments, and the final product was tested on the basis of typical quality factors regarding object-oriented software.
Conforto, S., Schmid, M., Zaccagna, P., Vannozzi, G., D'Alessio, T. (2003). MA-MYO: A Software proposal for EMG signal processing and standardization in movement analysis. In Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. AMSTERDAM : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
MA-MYO: A Software proposal for EMG signal processing and standardization in movement analysis
CONFORTO, SILVIA;SCHMID, Maurizio;
2003-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this work is the development and the fine tuning of a software package dealing with myoelectric signal processing for movement analysis. The rationale of this work arises from a twofold need: the importance of surface EMG (sEMG) data interpretation in movement analysis and the lack of standardization in signal processing procedures, in spite of a wide use of electromyographic techniques in clinical and research contexts. Therefore, a unified and standardized approach to the information extraction could increase the validity of quantitative assessment, often affected by operator subjective choices. The algorithms inserted in the package arise from the wide experience of the authors in sEMG data processing. The software was designed upon the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and developed by using a waterfall approach based on the tracing of requirements analysis and on interface specification. The design of interfaces was studied with particular attention to user-friendliness and to the insertion of the product in clinical routine environments, and the final product was tested on the basis of typical quality factors regarding object-oriented software.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
