Database contains files with surface electromyography (sEMG) recordings for 10 subjects (ID1-ID10) for three sEMG electrode array positions (P1, P2, and P3) and 9 types of hand movements (PS, 3F, PP, FL, EX, RD, UD, PR, and SU) for at least 10 repetitions. File title form - "subjects ID _ type of hand movement _ recording electrode array position" Sample rate - 1000 Hz Amplification - 1000 Database contains 10 sub-folders with average size of 167.50 ± 27.02 MB with maximum of 194 MB and minimum of 117 MB. Database .7z folder is followed with explanatory hand movements movies in .wmv files. File structure: 1st column - CH1 2nd column - CH2 3rd column - CH3 4th column - CH4 5th column - CH5 6th column - CH6 7th column - CH7 8th column - CH8