Complexity-Based Analysis of the Relation between Human Muscle Reaction and Walking Path

Legs are the contact point of humans during walking. In fact, leg muscles react when we walk in different conditions (such as different speeds and paths). In this research, we analyze how walking path affects leg muscles’ reaction. In fact, we investigate how the complexity of muscle reaction is rel...

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Published inFluctuation and noise letters Vol. 19; no. 3; p. 2050025
Main Authors Kamal, Shahul Mujib, Sim, Sue, Tee, Rui, Nathan, Visvamba, Namazi, Hamidreza
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore World Scientific Publishing Company 01.09.2020
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd
Subjects
Complexity
Electroencephalography
Electromyography
Fractal geometry
Fractals
Legs
Muscles
Statistical analysis
Walking
fractal dimension
complexity
walking path
electromyography (EMG) signal
Leg muscle
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Summary:Legs are the contact point of humans during walking. In fact, leg muscles react when we walk in different conditions (such as different speeds and paths). In this research, we analyze how walking path affects leg muscles’ reaction. In fact, we investigate how the complexity of muscle reaction is related to the complexity of path of movement. For this purpose, we employ fractal theory. In the experiment, subjects walk on different paths that have different fractal dimensions and then we calculate the fractal dimension of Electromyography (EMG) signals obtained from both legs. The result of our analysis showed that the complexity of EMG signal increases with the increment of complexity of path of movement. The conducted statistical analysis also supported the result of analysis. The method of analysis used in this research can be further applied to find the relation between complexity of path of movement and other physiological signals of humans such as respiration and Electroencephalography (EEG) signal.
ISSN:0219-4775
1793-6780
DOI:10.1142/S021947752050025X