A NEW DSP-BASED MULTICHANNEL EMG ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM

This paper describes the design of a digital signal processor based sy stem for a personal computer for EMG data acquisition to monitor muscl e activity during gait and to estimate the power spectrum of the acqui red data under normal and pathological conditions. It also gives the h ardware details of the velocity meter which is used to monitor the mus cle activity with speed of walking. Software has been developed for sy stem initialization, data acquisition, processing of acquired data, an d data display for five channels. The developed equipment will be usef ul to clinicians for enhancing the understanding of a patient's dynami c performance. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.