Emg-based system for basic hand movement recognition

This paper presents a system for the automatic identification of six basic hand movements in healthy subjects based on a steady-state of electromyographic signals. The following basic hand motions were detected: opening, closing, flexion, extension, pronation, and supination, as well as the rest con...

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Autores:
Camacho Navarro, Jhonatan
León Vargas, Fabian
Barrero Pérez, Jaime
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/40593
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/40593
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/30690/
Palabra clave:
Electromyography
hand-prosthesis
pattern recognition
principal component analysis
discrete wavelet transform
support vector machines
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This paper presents a system for the automatic identification of six basic hand movements in healthy subjects based on a steady-state of electromyographic signals. The following basic hand motions were detected: opening, closing, flexion, extension, pronation, and supination, as well as the rest condition. A modular approach of pattern recognition with discrete wavelet transform, principal component analysis, and support vector machines was used to discriminate each movement. Identification was completed off-line every 256 ms with a hardware-software interface composed of a signal acquisition system with two electromyographic differential channels using Matlab® and LabVIEW® software. The system was trained and tested using five subjects of different gender, age, and physical complexion, with identification rates of up to 99.25 %.