Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1976-09-09
1979-04-10
Michell, Robert W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 21M, A61B 505
Patent
active
041483030
ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for detecting the intentional disabling of muscles which includes the steps of measuring the neuromuscular activation in a disabled muscle and comparing the neuromuscular activation of the muscle with that of a control muscle when performing a specified work task. To perform this comparison, an integrated electromyogram (emg) of a muscle which is synergist to the disabled muscle is compared with the integrated emg of a synergist control muscle wherein the control muscle corresponds to the disabled muscle but is on the opposite side of the human body or is the same muscle in a control population. Where only one muscle of a given type exists, the integrated emg thereof is compared with the norm of a matched population when performing the work task.
The intentional disabling of muscles can also be detected by measuring the neuromuscular activation of a muscle which is antagonist to a disabled muscle and comparing this neuromuscular activation with that of a control muscle wherein the control muscle corresponds to the antagonist of the disabled muscle but is on the opposite side of the human body or is the same muscle in a control population.
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Jaworski Francis J.
Michell Robert W.
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