An Improved Compound Gaussian Model for Bivariate Surface EMG Signals Related to Strength Training

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Hauptverfasser: Kusuru, Durgesh, Turlapaty, Anish C., Thakur, Mainak
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author Kusuru, Durgesh
Turlapaty, Anish C.
Thakur, Mainak
author_facet Kusuru, Durgesh
Turlapaty, Anish C.
Thakur, Mainak
contents Recent literature suggests that the surface electromyography (sEMG) signals have non-stationary statistical characteristics specifically due to random nature of the covariance. Thus suitability of a statistical model for sEMG signals is determined by the choice of an appropriate model for describing the covariance. The purpose of this study is to propose a Compound-Gaussian (CG) model for multivariate sEMG signals in which latent variable of covariance is modeled as a random variable that follows an exponential model. The parameters of the model are estimated using the iterative Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm. Further, a new dataset, electromyography analysis of human activities database 2 (EMAHA-DB2) is developed. Based on the model fitting analysis on the sEMG signals from EMAHA-DB2, it is found that the proposed CG model fits more closely to the empirical pdf of sEMG signals than the existing models. The proposed model is validated by visual inspection, further validated by matching central moments and better quantitative metrics in comparison with other models. The proposed compound model provides an improved fit to the statistical behavior of sEMG signals. Further, the estimate of rate parameter of the exponential model shows clear relation to the training weights. Finally, the average signal power estimates of the channels shows distinctive dependency on the training weights, the subject's training experience and the type of activity.
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spellingShingle An Improved Compound Gaussian Model for Bivariate Surface EMG Signals Related to Strength Training
Kusuru, Durgesh
Turlapaty, Anish C.
Thakur, Mainak
Signal Processing
Recent literature suggests that the surface electromyography (sEMG) signals have non-stationary statistical characteristics specifically due to random nature of the covariance. Thus suitability of a statistical model for sEMG signals is determined by the choice of an appropriate model for describing the covariance. The purpose of this study is to propose a Compound-Gaussian (CG) model for multivariate sEMG signals in which latent variable of covariance is modeled as a random variable that follows an exponential model. The parameters of the model are estimated using the iterative Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm. Further, a new dataset, electromyography analysis of human activities database 2 (EMAHA-DB2) is developed. Based on the model fitting analysis on the sEMG signals from EMAHA-DB2, it is found that the proposed CG model fits more closely to the empirical pdf of sEMG signals than the existing models. The proposed model is validated by visual inspection, further validated by matching central moments and better quantitative metrics in comparison with other models. The proposed compound model provides an improved fit to the statistical behavior of sEMG signals. Further, the estimate of rate parameter of the exponential model shows clear relation to the training weights. Finally, the average signal power estimates of the channels shows distinctive dependency on the training weights, the subject's training experience and the type of activity.
title An Improved Compound Gaussian Model for Bivariate Surface EMG Signals Related to Strength Training
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03403