Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1988

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Szabo, Bela

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the development of a data acquisition and signal processing system for analysis of electromyogram (EMG) signals. The data acquisition system was based on a personal computer and was set up for simultaneous recording of three analog channels. Two of these channels were used to record the EMG signals from the triceps and biceps muscles respectively, and the third channel was used to record the acceleration signals obtained from an accelerometer placed on the subject's arm. The objective of the signal processing was to find some characteristic parameters for the EMG signals, so that these parameters could be used in a microprocessor based system for Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES). Such a system may be useful in the rehabilitation of patients with partial paralysis of limbs as a result of brain damage.

Extent

147 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14467

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