A MULTICHANNEL WIRELESS EMG MEASUREMENT SYSTEM BASED ON INTRABODY COMMUNICATION

• Abstract:

  In this paper we present the novel implementation of the intrabody communication (IBC) system that was specially designed for electromyography (EMG) measurements in kinesiology, sports medicine and rehabilitation. We propose a novel approach to the wireless EMG monitoring system design, which prolongs the battery life by minimizing the power consumption requirements for data transmission. This goal was achieved by a capacitive IBC approach and by developing special-purpose ultra-low power hardware modules, which perform tasks of digital signal modulation and demodulation at a very low-level. We investigate the optimal electrodes placement for IBC and present the results of in vivo measurements.
• Keywords:

  intrabody communication, wireless EMG system, electrode arrangement
• Download:

  IMEKO-WC-2009-TC13-446.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_wc-2009.446

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