Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes
Surface electromyography (sEMG) can be helpful for evaluating swallowing related muscle activity. Conventional recordings with disc electrodes suffer from significant crosstalk from adjacent muscles and electrode-to-muscle fiber orientation problems, while concentric ring electrodes (CREs) offer enh...
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| author | Javier Garcia-Casado Gema Prats-Boluda Yiyao Ye-Lin Sebastián Restrepo-Agudelo Estefanía Perez-Giraldo Andrés Orozco-Duque |
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| description | Surface electromyography (sEMG) can be helpful for evaluating swallowing related muscle activity. Conventional recordings with disc electrodes suffer from significant crosstalk from adjacent muscles and electrode-to-muscle fiber orientation problems, while concentric ring electrodes (CREs) offer enhanced spatial selectivity and axial isotropy. The aim of this work was to evaluate CRE performance in sEMG recordings of the swallowing muscles. Bipolar recordings were taken from 21 healthy young volunteers when swallowing saliva, water and yogurt, first with a conventional disc and then with a CRE. The signals were characterized by the root-mean-square amplitude, signal-to-noise ratio, myopulse, zero-crossings, median frequency, bandwidth and bilateral muscle cross-correlations. The results showed that CREs have advantages in the sEMG analysis of swallowing muscles, including enhanced spatial selectivity and the associated reduction in crosstalk, the ability to pick up a wider range of EMG frequency components and easier electrode placement thanks to its radial symmetry. However, technical changes are recommended in the future to ensure that the lower CRE signal amplitude does not significantly affect its quality. CREs show great potential for improving the clinical monitoring and evaluation of swallowing muscle activity. Future work on pathological subjects will assess the possible advantages of CREs in dysphagia monitoring and diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6a3f3c37d3f4a8f8e8fb00a93f359cb2023-11-20T13:47:26ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-09-012018526710.3390/s20185267Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring ElectrodesJavier Garcia-Casado0Gema Prats-Boluda1Yiyao Ye-Lin2Sebastián Restrepo-Agudelo3Estefanía Perez-Giraldo4Andrés Orozco-Duque5Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainCentro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainCentro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainGrupo de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín 050012, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín 050012, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín 050012, ColombiaSurface electromyography (sEMG) can be helpful for evaluating swallowing related muscle activity. Conventional recordings with disc electrodes suffer from significant crosstalk from adjacent muscles and electrode-to-muscle fiber orientation problems, while concentric ring electrodes (CREs) offer enhanced spatial selectivity and axial isotropy. The aim of this work was to evaluate CRE performance in sEMG recordings of the swallowing muscles. Bipolar recordings were taken from 21 healthy young volunteers when swallowing saliva, water and yogurt, first with a conventional disc and then with a CRE. The signals were characterized by the root-mean-square amplitude, signal-to-noise ratio, myopulse, zero-crossings, median frequency, bandwidth and bilateral muscle cross-correlations. The results showed that CREs have advantages in the sEMG analysis of swallowing muscles, including enhanced spatial selectivity and the associated reduction in crosstalk, the ability to pick up a wider range of EMG frequency components and easier electrode placement thanks to its radial symmetry. However, technical changes are recommended in the future to ensure that the lower CRE signal amplitude does not significantly affect its quality. CREs show great potential for improving the clinical monitoring and evaluation of swallowing muscle activity. Future work on pathological subjects will assess the possible advantages of CREs in dysphagia monitoring and diagnosis.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/18/5267concentric ring electrodesLaplacian potentialswallowingsurface electromyography |
| spellingShingle | Javier Garcia-Casado Gema Prats-Boluda Yiyao Ye-Lin Sebastián Restrepo-Agudelo Estefanía Perez-Giraldo Andrés Orozco-Duque Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes Sensors concentric ring electrodes Laplacian potential swallowing surface electromyography |
| title | Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes |
| title_full | Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes |
| title_short | Evaluation of Swallowing Related Muscle Activity by Means of Concentric Ring Electrodes |
| title_sort | evaluation of swallowing related muscle activity by means of concentric ring electrodes |
| topic | concentric ring electrodes Laplacian potential swallowing surface electromyography |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/18/5267 |
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