Development of EMG Indicators for Measuring and Analyzing Pre-motor Activity on Muscles

Yosra Saidane, Sofia Ben Jebara, Tarak Driss, Giovanni de Marco

2015

Abstract

In sport, it is well known that mental preparation to a physical effort increases drastically the performance. In this paper, we present a study that aims to evaluate the effect of movement preparation during pre-motor activity on the EMG signal. We considered the existence/no-existence of preparation and preparation duration as indicators. The results of this study performed on different muscles of the forearm show: i) female are sensitive to preparation warning whereas male are not sensitive, ii) contrary to deep muscles, superficial muscles are affected by preparation warning.

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Saidane Y., Ben Jebara S., Driss T. and de Marco G. (2015). Development of EMG Indicators for Measuring and Analyzing Pre-motor Activity on Muscles . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-159-5, pages 41-47. DOI: 10.5220/0005602400410047


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@conference{icsports15,
author={Yosra Saidane and Sofia Ben Jebara and Tarak Driss and Giovanni de Marco},
title={Development of EMG Indicators for Measuring and Analyzing Pre-motor Activity on Muscles},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2015},
pages={41-47},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005602400410047},
isbn={978-989-758-159-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - Development of EMG Indicators for Measuring and Analyzing Pre-motor Activity on Muscles
SN - 978-989-758-159-5
AU - Saidane Y.
AU - Ben Jebara S.
AU - Driss T.
AU - de Marco G.
PY - 2015
SP - 41
EP - 47
DO - 10.5220/0005602400410047