Journal article
A Versatile Program for the Analysis of Electromyographic Data
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.48(17), pp.2099-2103
09/2004
DOI: 10.1177/154193120404801704
Abstract
Ergonomists and researchers often utilize electromyographic (EMG) recordings to produce estimates of muscular work load in occupational exposure assessment. Prolonged measurements, possible with recent technological advances in portable data acquisition and compact memory storage technologies, require efficient data reduction methods not always available in commercial software packages. The Iowa EMG Analysis Program (IEAP) was created to provide researchers the means to incorporate multiple processing techniques suited for the analysis of prolonged EMG measurements. IEAP currently includes subroutines to calculate the amplitude probability distribution function, exposure variation analysis, clustered exposure variation analysis, and gaps analysis profiles for up to four channels of root-mean-square processed EMG data. Data management functions include the creation of customized hypertext markup language (HTML) documentation and text files able to seamlessly incorporate analysis results into existing statistical software packages. IEAP is a powerful EMG analysis tool ideally suited for ergonomists and researchers involved in occupational ergonomics studies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Versatile Program for the Analysis of Electromyographic Data
- Creators
- Nathan B Fethke - Department of Occupational & Environmental Health College of Public Health The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242Daniel C Anton - Department of Occupational & Environmental Health College of Public Health The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242Helen Fuller - Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242Thomas M Cook - Department of Occupational & Environmental Health College of Public Health The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.48(17), pp.2099-2103
- DOI
- 10.1177/154193120404801704
- ISSN
- 2169-5067
- eISSN
- 2169-5067
- Publisher
- Sage
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2004
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; International Programs; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214831102771
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