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On the Methodological Implications of Extracting Muscle Synergies from Human Locomotion.
- Source :
- International Journal of Neural Systems; Aug2017, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p-1, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We investigated the influence of three different high-pass (HP) and low-pass (LP) filtering conditions and a Gaussian (GNMF) and inverse-Gaussian (IGNMF) non-negative matrix factorization algorithm on the extraction of muscle synergies from myoelectric signals during human walking and running. To evaluate the effects of signal recording and processing on the outcomes, we analyzed the intraday and interday computation reliability. Results show that the IGNMF achieved a significantly higher reconstruction quality and on average needs one less synergy to sufficiently reconstruct the original signals compared to the GNMF. For both factorizations, the HP with a cut-off frequency of 250Hz significantly reduces the number of synergies. We identified the filter configuration of fourth order, HP 50Hz and LP 20Hz as the most suitable to minimize the combination of fundamental synergies, providing a higher reliability across all filtering conditions even if HP 250Hz is excluded. Defining a fundamental synergy as a single-peaked activation pattern, for walking and running we identified five and six fundamental synergies, respectively using both algorithms. The variability in combined synergies produced by different filtering conditions and factorization methods on the same data set suggests caution when attributing a neurophysiological nature to the combined synergies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MUSCLE physiology
GAUSSIAN measures
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
SIGNAL processing
FACTORIZATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01290657
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Neural Systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122858347
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129065717500071