The Effect of 630-nm Light Stimulation on the SEMG Signal of Forearm Muscle

Authors

Dan D. Yang, Chongqing UniversityFollow
Wensheng Hou, Chongqing UniversityFollow
Xiaoying Wu, Chongqing UniversityFollow
Xiaoling Zheng, Chongqing UniversityFollow
Jun Zheng, New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyFollow
Yingtao Jiang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-18-2010

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS)

Publisher

SPIE

First page number:

1885

Last page number:

1886

Abstract

This study aimed to explore if the red light irradiation can affect the electrophysiology performance of flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and fatigue recovery. Four healthy volunteers were randomly divided into two groups. In the designed force-tracking tasks, all subjects performed the four fingertip isometric force production except thumb with a load of 30% of the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) force until exhaustion. Subsequently, for the red light group, red light irradiation (640 nm wavelength, 0.23J/cm2, 20 min) was used on the right forearm; for the control group, the subjects relaxed without red light irradiation. Then subjects were required to perform fatigue trail again, and sEMG signal was collected simultaneously from FDS during finger force production. Average rectified value (ARV) and median frequency (MF) of sEMG were calculated. Compared to the control group, the red light irradiation induced more smoother value of ARV between 30% and 40%, and the value of MF was obviously large and smooth. The above electro-physiological markers indicated that recovery from muscle fatigue may be positively affected by the red light irradiation, suggesting that sEMG would become a power tool for exploring the effect of red light irradiation on local muscle fatigue.

Disciplines

Computer and Systems Architecture | Computer Engineering | Controls and Control Theory | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Electronics | Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Manufacturing | Robotics | Systems and Communications

Language

English

Comments

Conference held: Beijing, China | October 18, 2010

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Repository Citation

Yang, D. D., Hou, W., Wu, X., Zheng, X., Zheng, J., Jiang, Y. (2010). The Effect of 630-nm Light Stimulation on the SEMG Signal of Forearm Muscle. Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) 1885-1886. SPIE.