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Decomposition of surface EMG into contributions of individual motor units allows the decoding of neural drive to muscles. Despite their remarkable progress in the last decade, the decomposition algorithms are still limited by relatively long processing times. This hinders their potential in the field of neurorehabilitation, ergonomics and sport sciences, where rapid and accurate feedback on neural commands is often needed. This paper discusses the possibilities, limitations and future trends in development of surface EMG decomposition techniques on their way towards complete online identification of motor commands.
This work was funded by the Commission of the European Union, within Framework 7, specific ICT Challenge 5 ”ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance”, Target outcome 5.1 “Personal Health Systems (PHS)”, under Grant Agreement number ICT-2011.5.1-287739, ”NeuroTREMOR: A novel concept for support to diagnosis and remote management of tremor.”
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Holobar, A., Glaser, V., Zazula, D. (2013). New Perspectives in Real-Time Assessment of Neural Drive to Skeletal Muscles. In: Pons, J., Torricelli, D., Pajaro, M. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_200
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