Application of sibgle wireless holter to simultaneous EMG, MMG and eim measurement of human muscles activity

English version

Autoři: Erik Vavrinsky ^1,2; Helena Svobodova ²; Martin Donoval ^1,3; Martin Daricek ^1,3; Martin Kopani ²; Peter Miklovic ⁴; Frantisek Horinek ¹; Peter Telek ¹
Působiště autorů: Institute of Electronics and Photonics, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia ¹; Institute of Medical Physics, Biophysics, Informatics and Telemedicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia ²; NanoDesign ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia ³; Technological Institute of Sports, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia ⁴
Vyšlo v časopise: Lékař a technika - Clinician and Technology No. 2, 2018, 48, 52-58
Kategorie: Original research

Souhrn

This paper describes presentation, application and design of wireless holter with innovative functionality, used it in field of human muscular monitoring. In our experiments we monitored EMG (electromyography), MMG (mechanomyography) and EIM (electrical impedance myography), all by single device. New design of our holter allows measure with high quality and ultra-low power consumption. In this study we compared fatigue, load, total power, mean frequency and dependency of amplitude of human muscles. It is the first time when these all parameters were monitored simultaneously taking advantage of the holter device data output in order to find the signals interconnection. Data were compared with normally used medical devices and signal quality was verified. Our results confirmed that our device can precisely monitor muscle activity. The holter has a scientific potential and it can be applied in kinesiology or for control of electrical devices such as robotic and prosthetic body-parts.

Keywords:

EMG, MMG, EIM, single device, holter monitoring

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