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Study on an Electrode Attachment Method Suitable for Underwater Electromyography Measurements
Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Abbr :
J Korean Soc Phys Med
2015, 10(2), pp.95-98
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Other physical therapy
2015, 10(2), pp.95-98
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Other physical therapy
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PURPOSE:This study was conducted to devise a method of preventing water infiltration into the surface electrodes during EMG measurements underwater and on the ground and to check the reliability of Electromyography (EMG) measurements when underwater. METHODS:Six healthy adults were selected as subjects in this study. The measurements in this study were conducted in pool dedicated to underwater exercise and physical therapy room in the hospital building. An MP150 (Biopac Systems, US, 2010) and a BioNomadix 2-channel wireless EMG transmitter (Biopac Systems, US, 2012) was used to examine the muscle activity of rectus femoris, biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius of dominant side. The subjects repeated circulation tasks on the ground for more than 10 min for enough surface electrode attachment movement. After a 15-min break, subjects performed the circulation task underwater(water depth 1.1m, water temperature 33.5°C, air temperature 27°C), as on the ground, for more than 10 min, and the MVIC of each muscle was measured again. SPSS v20.0 was used for all statistical computations. RESULTS:The maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) values between the underwater and on the ground measurements showed no significant differences in all four muscles and showed a high intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of >0.80. CONCLUSION:We determined that EMG measurements obtained underwater could be used with high reliability, comparable to ground measurements.
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