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ABSTRACT
As doctors operation some medical devices, often because of some medical
equipments don`t meet the principle of ergonomics that cause some doctors suffer from
occupational-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD). How to prevent all types of
occupational-related musculoskeletal disorders is ergonomics / human factors
engineering important research. Surface electromyography (sEMG) technology as a
physiological measurement techniques, neuromuscular function and activity level can
be evaluation, and also the ergonomic of the medical device can be evaluation by it.
An surface EMG signal acquisition and analysis system be described by this paper.
According to the characteristics of sEMG and gathering technical requirements of the
system, PCI-1710HG data acquisition card that made by Advantech Co. as the core of
the collection system, supplemented by the necessary peripheral circuits. The entire
system, contains signal detection and pre-processing module, the signal acquisition
module and the signal display, analysis and processing module. Weak surface EMG
obtained by electrode access through the cable shielding to the conditioning amplifier
module pretreatment, the analog signal after pretreatment by A / D converted into digital
signal through the PCI bus into the PC. In the PC, the virtual instrument software
(LabVIEW2009) as the software platform to acquire accurate sEMG signal. The sEMG
signals will be processed and analyzed at the time domain and frequency domain, so
that it can meet the evaluation of the muscle load and fatigue state. Surface
electromyography signals of two forearm muscles-flexor digitorum superficialis and
extensor carpi radialis longus from the healthy subjects were collected in the system
testing and validation. Test results show that the system not only can acquire a clear
EMG, and can meet analysis and evaluation of the muscle load and fatigue state .
In this evaluation study, 10 volunteers were invited to use two ultrasonic probe that
with design and weight difference to simulate the posture and action the sonographer do
when check for patient. Records the muscles activity of. the two forearm muscles-flexor
digitorum superficialis and extensor carpi radialis longus. The EMG root mean
square(RMS), median frequency (MF) index as a parameter of joint analysis of
spectrum and amplitude(JASA), combined with subjects subjective feedback ,
evaluation the ergonomic of the medical device by the result of the statistics show the
significant difference between different ultrasound probe act on the arm of the subjects.
The results showed the ultrasonic probe heavier and smaller width of the handle to