Relative electromyographic muscle reflex activity during motion
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1. A method for treating selected myographic signals obtained from a first muscle for operating a skeletal joint in a body subject to both volitional motion and externally forced motion to provide a first index based thereon indicative of control directives provided to said first muscle during contractions and lengthenings thereof, said method comprising:
- directing volitionally said first muscle to cause an actuator portion of said joint to follow a moving target with respect to a base portion of said joint while a bodily portion extending from said actuator portion of said joint is connected to a mechanical means, said mechanical means for selectively providing applications of external controlled forces to said bodily portion;
acquiring a first plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions from said first muscle with each such electromyographic signal portion therein occurring during a corresponding volitional contraction of said first muscle as part of a plurality of volitional contractions thereof with selected ones of said plurality of volitional contractions being accompanied by a corresponding application of a selected external controlled force applied for a selected duration to said first muscle by said mechanical means;
acquiring a second plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions from said first muscle with each such electromyographic signal portion therein occurring during a corresponding lengthening of said first muscle as part of a plurality of lengthenings thereof with selected ones of said plurality of lengthenings being accompanied by a corresponding application of a selected external controlled force applied for a selected duration to said first muscle by said mechanical means; and
forming said first index based on values of those of said first plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions which have occurred in conjunction with an occurrence of a said application of an external controlled force relative to values of those of said second plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions which have occurred in conjunction with an occurrence of said application of an external controlled force.
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Abstract
A method for treating electromyographic signals obtained from one or more muscles in the body which are subject to both volitional motion and externally forced motion to provide one or more indices which indicate the relative control signal energy provided to such a muscle or muscles during contractions and lengthenings thereof.
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1. A method for treating selected myographic signals obtained from a first muscle for operating a skeletal joint in a body subject to both volitional motion and externally forced motion to provide a first index based thereon indicative of control directives provided to said first muscle during contractions and lengthenings thereof, said method comprising:
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directing volitionally said first muscle to cause an actuator portion of said joint to follow a moving target with respect to a base portion of said joint while a bodily portion extending from said actuator portion of said joint is connected to a mechanical means, said mechanical means for selectively providing applications of external controlled forces to said bodily portion; acquiring a first plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions from said first muscle with each such electromyographic signal portion therein occurring during a corresponding volitional contraction of said first muscle as part of a plurality of volitional contractions thereof with selected ones of said plurality of volitional contractions being accompanied by a corresponding application of a selected external controlled force applied for a selected duration to said first muscle by said mechanical means; acquiring a second plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions from said first muscle with each such electromyographic signal portion therein occurring during a corresponding lengthening of said first muscle as part of a plurality of lengthenings thereof with selected ones of said plurality of lengthenings being accompanied by a corresponding application of a selected external controlled force applied for a selected duration to said first muscle by said mechanical means; and forming said first index based on values of those of said first plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions which have occurred in conjunction with an occurrence of a said application of an external controlled force relative to values of those of said second plurality of representations of electromyographic signal portions which have occurred in conjunction with an occurrence of said application of an external controlled force. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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