Identification of forearm skin zones with similar muscle activation patterns during activities of daily living

• Published in: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 91
• Main Authors: Jarque-Bou, Néstor J, Vergara, Margarita, Sancho-Bru, Joaquín L, Roda-Sales, Alba, Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 29.10.2018; BMC
• Subjects: Activation; Activities of daily living; Classification; Cluster analysis; Clustering analysis; Data analysis; Deviation; Electrode placement; Electrodes; Electromyography; Forearm; Forearm muscles; Functional principal component analysis; Muscle contraction; Muscle function; Muscles; Patients; Pattern recognition; Principal components analysis; Prostheses; Rehabilitation; Simulation; Skin; Spots; Wrist; Sollerman hand function test; Electrode placement; Activities of daily living; Myoelectric prostheses; Clustering analysis; Electromyography; Rehabilitation; Forearm muscles; Functional principal component analysis

A deeper knowledge of the activity of the forearm muscles during activities of daily living (ADL) could help to better understand the role of those muscles and allow clinicians to treat motor dysfunctions more effectively and thus improve patients' ability to perform activities of daily living....