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The EMG Signal EMG - Force Relationship Signal Processing.3 EMG - Force Relationship An EMG signal will not necessarily reflect the total amount of force (or torque) a muscle can generate The number of motor units recorded by electrodes will be less than the total number of motor units that are firing - electrodes can’t pick-up all motor units EMG - Force Relationship: Amplitude If a newly recruited motor unit is close to the electrode the relative increase in the EMG signal amplitude will be greater than the corresponding increase in force If a motor unit is too far from the electrode the amplitude will not change but the force will increase EMG - Force Relationship: Amplitude Motor unit firing rate will increase as force demand increases Initially force rises rapidly due to increased firing rate EMG amplitude will increase less rapidly EMG - Force Relationship: Firing Rate As force output increases beyond the rate of newly recruited motor units Firing rate will increase Force produced by the motor unit will saturate EMG - Force Relationship: Firing Rate As force output increases beyond the rate of newly recruited motor units Firing rate will increase Force produced by the motor unit will saturate Total EMG amplitude increases more than force output (i.e., non-linear) EMG - Force Relationship: Isometric vs. Isotonic Contractions Lippold (1952), Close (1972) Bigland-Ritchie (1981) often cited in suggesting there is a linear relationship between IEMG and tension. Zuniga and Simmon (1969) Vrendenbregt and Rau (1973) suggested a non-linear relationship exists EMG - Force Relationship: Isometric vs. Isotonic Contractions EMG - Force Relationship: Isometric vs. Isotonic Contractions During isotonic contractions force production lags EMG Motor unit twitch (contraction) reaches peak 40 - 100 msec after motor unit activates Summation of twitch contractions summates the delay (Inman et al., 1952; Gottlieb and Agarwal (1971) EMG - Forc