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Tavakolanetal.BioMedicalEngineeringOnLine2011,10:79 /content/10/1/79 RESEARCH OpenAccess Apreliminaryinvestigationassessingtheviability ofclassifyinghandposturesinseniors MojganTavakolan,ZhenGangXiaoandCarloMenon* *Correspondence:cmenon@sfu.ca Abstract MENRVAGroup,Schoolof EngineeringScience,Facultyof AppliedScience,SimonFraser University,8888UniversityDrive, Background:Fearoffrailtyisamainconcernforseniors.Surfaceelectromyography (sEMG)controlledassistivedevicesfortheupperextremitiescouldpotentiallybeused Burnaby,BC,V5A1S6,Canada toaugmentseniors’forcewhiletrainingtheirmusclesandreducetheirfe