Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions

In order to analyse surface electromyography (EMG) signals, it is necessary to extract the features based on a time or frequency domain. These approaches are based on the mathematical assumption of signal stationarity. Stationarity of EMG signals is thoroughly examined, especially in isotonic contra...

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Main Authors: Nazmi, Nurhazimah, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi, Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh, Ahmad, Siti Anom, Malarvili, M. B., Mazlan, Saiful Amri, Zamzuri, Hairi
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Published: MDPI 2017
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author Nazmi, Nurhazimah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi
Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh
Ahmad, Siti Anom
Malarvili, M. B.
Mazlan, Saiful Amri
Zamzuri, Hairi
author_facet Nazmi, Nurhazimah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi
Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh
Ahmad, Siti Anom
Malarvili, M. B.
Mazlan, Saiful Amri
Zamzuri, Hairi
author_sort Nazmi, Nurhazimah
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description In order to analyse surface electromyography (EMG) signals, it is necessary to extract the features based on a time or frequency domain. These approaches are based on the mathematical assumption of signal stationarity. Stationarity of EMG signals is thoroughly examined, especially in isotonic contractions. According to research, conflicting results have been identified depending on varying window sizes. Therefore, in this study, the authors endeavoured to determine the suitable window size to analyse EMG signals during isotonic contractions utilising stationary tests, reverse arrangement (RA), and modified reverse arrangement (MRA). There were slight differences in the average percentages of signal stationarity for RA and MRA tests in 100 ms, 500 ms, and 1000 ms window sizes. However, there was none for the 200 ms window size. On average, a window size of 200 ms provided stationary information with 88.57% of EMG signals compared to other window sizes. This study also recommended the MRA test to determine EMG signals stationarity for future studies, as the performances were better in comparison to RA tests. However, the following recommendation is only valid for window sizes greater than 200 ms. For a real-time application, the size of the analysis window together with the processing time should be less than 300 ms and a window size of 200 ms is applicable for isotonic contractions.
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spelling upm-609542019-03-21T01:22:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60954/ Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions Nazmi, Nurhazimah Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh Ahmad, Siti Anom Malarvili, M. B. Mazlan, Saiful Amri Zamzuri, Hairi In order to analyse surface electromyography (EMG) signals, it is necessary to extract the features based on a time or frequency domain. These approaches are based on the mathematical assumption of signal stationarity. Stationarity of EMG signals is thoroughly examined, especially in isotonic contractions. According to research, conflicting results have been identified depending on varying window sizes. Therefore, in this study, the authors endeavoured to determine the suitable window size to analyse EMG signals during isotonic contractions utilising stationary tests, reverse arrangement (RA), and modified reverse arrangement (MRA). There were slight differences in the average percentages of signal stationarity for RA and MRA tests in 100 ms, 500 ms, and 1000 ms window sizes. However, there was none for the 200 ms window size. On average, a window size of 200 ms provided stationary information with 88.57% of EMG signals compared to other window sizes. This study also recommended the MRA test to determine EMG signals stationarity for future studies, as the performances were better in comparison to RA tests. However, the following recommendation is only valid for window sizes greater than 200 ms. For a real-time application, the size of the analysis window together with the processing time should be less than 300 ms and a window size of 200 ms is applicable for isotonic contractions. MDPI 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60954/1/Assessment%20on%20stationarity%20of%20EMG%20signals%20with%20different%20windows%20size%20during%20isotonic%20contractions.pdf Nazmi, Nurhazimah and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi and Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh and Ahmad, Siti Anom and Malarvili, M. B. and Mazlan, Saiful Amri and Zamzuri, Hairi (2017) Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions. Applied Sciences, 7. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2076-3417 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85031405920&doi=10.3390%2fapp7101050&origin=inward&txGid=4d54619e6f78edc7a802945c5ab8c19f 10.3390/app7101050
spellingShingle Nazmi, Nurhazimah
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azizi
Yamamoto, Shin-Ichiroh
Ahmad, Siti Anom
Malarvili, M. B.
Mazlan, Saiful Amri
Zamzuri, Hairi
Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title_full Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title_fullStr Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title_full_unstemmed Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title_short Assessment on stationarity of EMG signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
title_sort assessment on stationarity of emg signals with different windows size during isotonic contractions
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