Surface Electromyography as a Natural Human–Machine Interface: A Review

Zheng, Mingde; Crouch, Michael S.; Eggleston, Michael S.

doi:10.1109/jsen.2022.3165988

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“…During the last decades, most of the development has lead in the direction of introducing powered prostheses where movement control is decoded from surface electromyogram (sEMG) using myoelectric pattern recognition (Hudgins, Parker and Scott, 1993; Englehart and Hudgins, 2003; Zheng, Crouch and Eggleston, 2021). Further work has also been performed to improve control resolution and reliability through Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR), where nerves in the remaining limb are innervated into existing musculature to increase the number of electromyogram channels and improve prosthesis controllability (Kuiken et al ., 2004).…”

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Neurostimulation Artifact Removal for Implantable Sensors Improves Signal Clarity and Decoding of Motor Volition

Earley

Berneving

Zbinden

et al. 2022

Preprint

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As the demand for prosthetic limbs with reliable and multi-functional control increases, recent advances in myoelectric pattern recognition and implanted sensors have proven considerably advantageous. Additionally, sensory feedback from the prosthesis can be achieved via stimulation of the residual nerves, enabling closed-loop control over the prosthesis. However, this stimulation can cause interfering artifacts in the electromyographic (EMG) signals which deteriorate the reliability and function of the prosthesis. Here, we implement two real-time stimulation artifact removal algorithms, Template Subtraction and ε-Normalized Least Mean Squares, and investigate their performance in offline and real-time myoelectric pattern recognition in two transhumeral amputees implanted with nerve cuff and EMG electrodes. We show that both algorithms are capable of significantly improving signal-to-noise ratio and offline pattern recognition accuracy of artifact-corrupted EMG signals. Furthermore, both algorithms improved real-time decoding of motor intention during active neurostimulation. Although these outcomes are dependent on the user-specific sensor locations and neurostimulation settings, they nonetheless represent progress towards bi-directional neuromusculoskeletal prostheses capable of multifunction control and simultaneous sensory feedback.

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Neurostimulation Artifact Removal for Implantable Sensors Improves Signal Clarity and Decoding of Motor Volition

Earley

Berneving

Zbinden

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…They have high accuracy in static gesture recognition and can provide rich data on position, but can be cumbersome and uncomfortable to wear over an extended period of time [ 2 ]. Electromyography (EMG) leaves the hands free but suffers from signal drift for a number of reasons including sweat, fatigue, variation of muscle force, and shifting electrodes [ 3 , 6 , 7 ]. While video based solutions leave the body unencumbered by wearables their challenges include changes in lighting, issues segmenting the hands from background clutter, and occluded lines of sight [ 3 , 6 ].…”

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“…Typically, there is some period of time given to transition between gestures, which is flagged with a ‘Null’ label. This allows for three primary sources of error in labelling (i) users do not instantaneously transition between gestures and as a result many of the ‘Null’ samples will be members of actual gesture classes, (ii) user fatigue can lead to variation in production of gestures confounding a trained model [ 7 , 8 , 14 , 15 ], (iii) users may inadvertently make incorrect gestures [ 8 , 16 ]. The solutions presented in this paper focus on the first two issues.…”

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“…It has been observed in a variety of studies that the accuracy of inter-set validation even on the same day tends to be far lower than in-set validation [ 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. This in part can be attributed to signal drift, sensors shifting on users’ arms, fatigue, or even variations in user position leading to changes in sensor readings [ 3 , 4 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 12 ]. These changes violate a fundamental assumption in machine learning that data is stationary over time, i.e., the mean and standard deviation can be known a priori from a sample and will not change over time [ 10 ].…”

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“…Many of the proposed solutions are dependent on deep learning. While deep learning can achieve high accuracy and recognize large numbers of gestures; it requires a significant quantity of data and high computational power [ 4 , 7 ]. This may represent a challenge both for edge computing devices and user patience.…”

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Highly Stable Ladder‐Type Conjugated Polymer Based Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Low Power and Signal Processing‐Free Surface Electromyogram Triggered Robotic Hand Control

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Surface Electromyography as a Natural Human–Machine Interface: A Review

Cited by 64 publications

References 152 publications

Neurostimulation Artifact Removal for Implantable Sensors Improves Signal Clarity and Decoding of Motor Volition

Neurostimulation Artifact Removal for Implantable Sensors Improves Signal Clarity and Decoding of Motor Volition

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Highly Stable Ladder‐Type Conjugated Polymer Based Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Low Power and Signal Processing‐Free Surface Electromyogram Triggered Robotic Hand Control

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