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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
Involuntary electromyographic (EMG) activity has only been analyzed in the paralyzed thenar muscles of spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects for several minutes. It is unknown if this motor unit activity is ongoing. Longer duration EMG recordings can investigate the biological significance of this activity. Since no software is currently capable of classifying 24h of EMG data at a single motor unit level, the goal of this research was to devise an algorithm that would automatically classify motor unit potentials by tracking the firing behavior of motor units over 24h. Two channels of thenar muscle surface EMG were recorded over 24h from seven SCI subjects with a chronic cervical level injury using a custom data logging device with custom software. The automatic motor unit classification algorithm developed here employed multiple passes through these 24-h EMG recordings to segment, cluster, form global templates and classify motor unit potentials, including superimposed potentials. The classification algorithm was able to track an average of 19 global classes in seven 24-h recordings with a mean (+/-SE) accuracy of 89.9% (+/-0.98%) and classify potentials from these individual motor units with a mean accuracy of 90.3% (+/-0.97%). The algorithm could analyze 24h of data in 2-3 weeks with minimal input from a person, while a human operator was estimated to take more than 2 years. This automatic method could be applied clinically to investigate the fasciculation potentials often found in motoneuron disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1872-678X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Disability Evaluation, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Electromyography, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Muscle Weakness, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Neuromuscular Junction, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Paralysis, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Software, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Spinal Cord Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:19761794-Thumb
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Automatic classification of motor unit potentials in surface EMG recorded from thenar muscles paralyzed by spinal cord injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. jwinslow@cableone.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural