期刊
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 120, 期 12, 页码 2086-2092出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.09.011
关键词
Motor unit; Recurrence quantification analysis; Surface EMG; Synchronization
资金
- European Project TREMOR [224051]
Objective: To verify if non-linear recurrence analysis of the surface EMG is a suitable tool for assessing motor unit short-term synchronization. Methods: Surface and intramuscular EMG signals were recorded from the abductor digiti minimi and vastus medialis muscles of 12 and 10 healthy men, respectively, during isometric contractions. In the abductor digiti minimi, EMG signals were additionally recorded after a contraction sustained for 1 min at 50% of the maximal force. In both muscles, percent of determinism (%DET) was estimated from the surface EMG and common input strength (CIS) index was computed from motor unit recordings. Results: For both muscles, CIS did not correlate with %DET (abductor digiti minimi: R-2 = 0.11, P = 0.12; vastus medialis: R-2 = 0.04, P = 0.56). Although the values of CIS for the vastus medialis were lower than those of the abductor digiti minimi (P < 0.001), the %DET values did not differ between the two muscles (71.6 +/- 5.5% vs 66.9 +/- 8.7%; P = 0.12). Conclusion: The variable %DET extracted from the surface EMG is a poor indicator of the degree of motor unit short-term synchronization. Significance: The study provides a systematic evaluation of a technique previously proposed for the estimation of a clinically relevant characteristic of motor unit behavior. (c) 2009 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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