ADVANCES IN ELECTROMYOGRAPHY APPLICATION: EGG AND PAIN ASSESSMENT

Rosario Morello

Abstract

In this paper, the author deals with the advances of electromyographic technique. Nowadays, electromyographic measurements are used in several applications to assess specific pathologies. According to the muscle or myoelectric activity to be monitored, different methodologies have been defined such as, for example, electromyography, electrocardiography, electrogastrography, electroencephalography. Although such techniques require different procedures and instrumentation, each one is based on recording myoelectric signals due to muscle or nerve activity. The analysis of such signals allows physician to diagnose a specific pathology depending on arrhythmias and irregularities of the acquired waveform. In the paper, two promising and challenging applications of the electromyographic technique are described: electrogastrography to diagnose gastrointestinal disorders and electromyography for assessing pain in patients with chronic pain. The manuscript aims to call the attention on the still undiscovered potentialities of electromyographic technique and its use in new applications.

Keywords

muscle contraction, nerve stimulus, electromyography, myoelectric signal measurement, electrogastrography, pain assessment

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TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine

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