10.5281/zenodo.3611087
https://zenodo.org/records/3611087
oai:zenodo.org:3611087
Morten Bak Kristoffersen
Morten Bak Kristoffersen
0000-0002-3901-2856
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Andreas Franzke
Andreas Franzke
0000-0003-4535-7225
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Alessio Murgia
Alessio Murgia
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences
Raoul Bongers
Raoul Bongers
0000-0002-3518-7464
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences
Corry van der Sluis
Corry van der Sluis
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Training movements for distinct electromyogram patterns using serious gaming
Zenodo
2018
2018-12-12
Presentation
10.5281/zenodo.3611086
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Training movements for distinct electromyogram patterns using serious gaming
Authors: M. B. Kristoffersen1, A. Franzke1, A. Murgia2, R. Bongers2, C. K. van der Sluis1
1 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, the Netherlands
2 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
Email corresponding author: m.b.kristoffersen@umcg.nl
Topic: Motor skill acquisition
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate if a serious game, Myobox, could be used to train participants to generate distinct electromyography (EMG) patterns for use in EMG-controlled assistive devices such as upper-limb prostheses.
Methods: Participants were fitted with 8 electrodes around their forearm and performed 5 training sessions lasting 30 minutes on 5 consecutive days, playing Myobox for 20 minutes. Myobox is controlled using a direct mapping from electrode orientation to avatar movement in a 2-dimensional space. Players explored different hand and wrist movements in order to learn which movements caused the avatar to move in the desired direction. A successful control of the game indicated that the player had found 8 movements resulting in distinct EMG patterns. After each game session, EMG data from each movement were used to train a machine learning system, used to classify the participant’s movements. The participant was then tested by asking him/her to reproduce the movements without the game’s feedback. Expected outcomes were an increase in the percentage of correct movements classified, an increase in EMG pattern separability measured as the average Mahalanobis distance between each pattern and all of its neighbours in the EMG feature space and a decrease in game score.
Results: 13 Able-bodied participants (mean age 21.3ys, 6 females) participated. Mean percentage of correct movements increased from 56% to 73% (p <.0001). Mean pattern separability increased from 20.73 to 28.62 (p=.004). Mean game score decreased from 98680 to 19356 (p=.002).
Conclusions: A serious game can be used to train participants to find the movement set that provides the most distinct EMG patterns. The game seems to be a promising training tool for this purpose. However, it remains to be seen if such training improves performance of people using an EMG-controlled assistive device.
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
687795
Intuitive Natural Prosthesis UTilization