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Methods for performing physiological stress tests

  • US 8,126,542 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2008
  • Issued: 02/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for assessing the physiological effect of physiological and psychological stressors on a subject, the method comprising:

  • presenting the subject with a first physiological stressor;

    receiving surface electromyography (sEMG) data points describing muscular activity of the subject while the subject is experiencing the physiological stressor;

    presenting the subject with a first psychological stressor;

    receiving sEMG data points describing muscular activity of the subject while the subject is experiencing the psychological stressor;

    calculating a first index value summarizing at least a portion of the sEMG data points received while the subject is presented with the psychological stressor; and

    calculating a second index value summarizing at least a portion of the sEMG data points received while the subject is presented with the physiological stressor, wherein the act of analyzing the sEMG data points includes analyzing the first and second index values.

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