A Piezoresistive Sensor to Measure Muscle Contraction and Mechanomyography

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 18; no. 8; p. 2553
• Main Authors: Esposito, Daniele, Andreozzi, Emilio, Fratini, Antonio, Gargiulo, Gaetano, Savino, Sergio, Niola, Vincenzo, Bifulco, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.08.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Elbow - physiology; Electromyography; force sensitive resistor; Hand - physiology; human machine interface; Humans; mechanomyography; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Prostheses; Prostheses and Implants; prosthesis control; Sensors; Vibration; muscle contraction; prosthesis control; human machine interface; mechanomyography; force sensitive resistor; electromyography

Measurement of muscle contraction is mainly achieved through electromyography (EMG) and is an area of interest for many biomedical applications, including prosthesis control and human machine interface. However, EMG has some drawbacks, and there are also alternative methods for measuring muscle acti...