EMG diagnostic system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- a) through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor;
b) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) is indicative of the patient having either;
i) a facet condition and not a disc condition;
orii) a disc condition and not a facet condition;
responsive to a comparison between the EMG data for the patient and predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition.
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Abstract
A system for detecting and analyzing electrical activity in the anatomy of an organism underlying an electromyographic (EMG) sensor device provides signals corresponding to electrical activity adjacent each electrode of sensor device. A method using the system may comprise determining EMG data for a patient using the EMG sensor device. The method may further include determining whether the determined EMG data for the patient corresponds to predetermined EMG data associated with at least one of a facet condition, a disc condition, and a muscle condition.
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1. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor; b) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) is indicative of the patient having either; i) a facet condition and not a disc condition;
orii) a disc condition and not a facet condition; responsive to a comparison between the EMG data for the patient and predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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a)through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor; b) determining from the EMG data for the patient determined in (a), relative positions of at least two to three spaced apart groupings of portions in the detection area corresponding to relatively higher levels of muscle contraction relative to further portions in the detection area between the two to three groupings; c) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) corresponds to a facet condition or a disc condition responsive to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition, including determining that the groupings determined in (b) correspond to predetermined data associated with the disc condition.
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10. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor; b) determining from the EMG data for the patient determined in (a), relative positions of three spaced apart groupings of portions in the detection area corresponding to relatively higher levels of muscle contraction relative to further portions in the detection area between the three spaced apart groupings, wherein two of the three determined groupings are generally horizontally aligned and are respectively located on opposed sides of the spine of the patient, wherein a third one of the three determined groupings traverses a vertebral column of the patient and is located vertically lower than the two horizontally aligned groupings; c) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) corresponds to a facet condition or a disc condition responsive to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition, including determining that the groupings determined in (b) correspond to predetermined data associated with the disc condition.
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11. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor; b) determining from the EMG data for the patient determined in (a), a presence of only a single grouping of portions in the detection area indicative of relatively higher levels of muscle contraction relative to remaining portions in the detection area, wherein the single grouping traverses a vertebral column of the patient, wherein a center of the single grouping is spaced laterally from a longitudinal axis of the vertebral column of the patient; c) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) corresponds to a facet condition or a disc condition responsive to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition, including determining that the grouping determined in (b) corresponds to predetermined data associated with the facet condition.
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12. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one processor, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient, using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with the at least one processor, including determining data representative of at least one maximum root mean square (RMS) voltage associated with the EMG signals; b) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) corresponds to a facet condition or a disc condition responsive to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition, including determining whether the data representative of the at least one maximum RMS voltage is above, below, or within at least one range of predetermined normal maximum RMS voltages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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a) detecting electromyographic (EMG) signals from a detection area on a back of a patient when the patient is in at least three different positions using an EMG sensor device in operative connection with at least one processor; b) through operation of the at least one processor, determining EMG data for the patient responsive to the EMG signals detected in (a), including determining data representative of maximum root mean square (RMS) voltage associated with the EMG signals for each of the at least three different positions; c) determining a sequence for the at least three different positions, which sequence corresponds to a sequence of the respective maximum RMS voltages determined for the at least three positions ordered by magnitude; d) determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (b) corresponds to a facet condition or a disc condition responsive to a comparison between the sequence determined in (c) and at least one predetermined sequence that distinguishes between the facet condition and the disc condition. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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a) detecting electromyographic (EMG) signals from a detection area on a back of a patient using an EMG sensor device; b) determining through operation of at least one processor, EMG data for the patient responsive to the EMG signals detected in (a); c) comparing the EMG data for the patient to predetermined EMG data, wherein the predetermined EMG data correlates a plurality of back conditions to respective sets of features of EMG data, wherein the back conditions correlated in the predetermined EMG data include both a facet condition and a disc condition; d) determining whether the EMG data for the patient is indicative of the facet condition and not the disc condition or the disc condition and not the facet condition, responsive to (c). - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. At least one non-transitory computer readable media including computer executable instructions operative to cause at least one computer to carry out a method comprising:
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a) determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device; b) comparing the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) to predetermined EMG data, wherein the predetermined EMG data defines characteristics in EMG data determined from EMG signals that are usable to distinguish between the facet condition and the disc condition; and c) responsive to (b), determining whether the EMG data for the patient determined in (a) is indicative of either; i) facet condition and not a disc condition;
orii) a disc condition and not a facet condition.
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22. At least one non-transitory computer readable media including computer executable instructions operative to cause at least one computer to carry out a method comprising:
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a) through operation of the at least one computer, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device; b) through operation of the at least one computer, determining whether the EMG data determined in (a) is indicative of either; i) a facet condition and not a disc condition;
orii) a disc condition and not a facet condition; responsive to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between a facet condition and a disc condition; and c) through operation of the at least one computer, outputting through a display device, indicia indicative of the determination made in (b). - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one computer, determining electromyographic (EMG) data for a patient responsive to EMG signals detected from a detection area on a back of the patient using an EMG sensor device; and b) determining whether the EMG data determined in (a) is indicative of either; i) a facet condition and not a disc condition;
orii) a disc condition and not a facet condition; when compared to predetermined data representative of characteristics in EMG data that distinguish between a facet condition and a disc condition.
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