A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications.
Musculoskeletal diseases and disorders (MSDs) have a significant negative impact on personal health and the worldwide economy. Leveraging the advancement of wearable sensing technology to provide electromyography (EMG) measurement capability can improve the efficiency of the public healthcare strate...
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| author | Ng, Charn Loong Ibne Reaz, Mamun Crespo, Maria Liz Cicuttin, Andres Shapiai, Mohd. Ibrahim Md. Ali,, Sawal Hamid Kamal, Noorfazila Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque |
| author_facet | Ng, Charn Loong Ibne Reaz, Mamun Crespo, Maria Liz Cicuttin, Andres Shapiai, Mohd. Ibrahim Md. Ali,, Sawal Hamid Kamal, Noorfazila Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque |
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| description | Musculoskeletal diseases and disorders (MSDs) have a significant negative impact on personal health and the worldwide economy. Leveraging the advancement of wearable sensing technology to provide electromyography (EMG) measurement capability can improve the efficiency of the public healthcare strategy to combat MSDs. Integrating conventional EMG contact electrodes into a wearable device is proven to be a challenge because it requires direct electrical contact with the body and has a dependency on the conductive gel. Existing prototypes of capacitive EMG (cEMG) sensors are typically large and designed with a hybrid printed circuit board (PCB). This research article presents a fully flexible cEMG biomedical sensor with integrated front-end analog circuitry in only a medical plaster size. An efficient moving average of the squared data (MASq) technique is presented to effectively suppress the noise floor and improve the signal quality. The experimental results of measuring EMG signals from flexor carpi radialis, extensor carpi radialis, and biceps brachii using the flexible cEMG biomedical sensor are presented. The postprocess data recorded signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) ranging from 1.8-5.7 while achieving practically 100% sensitivity in measuring muscle contractions. Its miniature, rugged, and flexible characteristics allow it to operate as a standalone adhesive plaster sensor or integrate into wearable applications. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-1049542024-04-01T06:23:31Z http://eprints.utm.my/104954/ A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. Ng, Charn Loong Ibne Reaz, Mamun Crespo, Maria Liz Cicuttin, Andres Shapiai, Mohd. Ibrahim Md. Ali,, Sawal Hamid Kamal, Noorfazila Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Musculoskeletal diseases and disorders (MSDs) have a significant negative impact on personal health and the worldwide economy. Leveraging the advancement of wearable sensing technology to provide electromyography (EMG) measurement capability can improve the efficiency of the public healthcare strategy to combat MSDs. Integrating conventional EMG contact electrodes into a wearable device is proven to be a challenge because it requires direct electrical contact with the body and has a dependency on the conductive gel. Existing prototypes of capacitive EMG (cEMG) sensors are typically large and designed with a hybrid printed circuit board (PCB). This research article presents a fully flexible cEMG biomedical sensor with integrated front-end analog circuitry in only a medical plaster size. An efficient moving average of the squared data (MASq) technique is presented to effectively suppress the noise floor and improve the signal quality. The experimental results of measuring EMG signals from flexor carpi radialis, extensor carpi radialis, and biceps brachii using the flexible cEMG biomedical sensor are presented. The postprocess data recorded signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) ranging from 1.8-5.7 while achieving practically 100% sensitivity in measuring muscle contractions. Its miniature, rugged, and flexible characteristics allow it to operate as a standalone adhesive plaster sensor or integrate into wearable applications. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023-06-06 Article PeerReviewed Ng, Charn Loong and Ibne Reaz, Mamun and Crespo, Maria Liz and Cicuttin, Andres and Shapiai, Mohd. Ibrahim and Md. Ali,, Sawal Hamid and Kamal, Noorfazila and Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque (2023) A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72 (400721). 0-0. ISSN 0018-9456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3281563 DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2023.3281563 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Ng, Charn Loong Ibne Reaz, Mamun Crespo, Maria Liz Cicuttin, Andres Shapiai, Mohd. Ibrahim Md. Ali,, Sawal Hamid Kamal, Noorfazila Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title | A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title_full | A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title_fullStr | A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title_short | A flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications. |
| title_sort | flexible capacitive electromyography biomedical sensor for wearable healthcare applications |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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