A Study of the Relationship between Electromyographic Activity of Muscles of the Thigh and Total Force Developed by Cycling Subjects.
Abstract
The objective of this thesis was to determine the nature of the relationship between force developed by the human leg and the electromyographic activity (EMG) developed in selected muscles of the lower limb. Subjects were required to pedal a bicycle ergometer (ergocycle) while simultaneous dynagraph recordings were made of the EMG of the thigh muscles of the right leg and the calibrated output of strain gages mounted on the right ergocycle pedal. Data from the recordings were analyzed to determine the correlation between EMG and force output, and to determine the interrelationships of all variables by means of stepwise linear regression. Results of this experiment are an initial effort to explore the possibility of developing a reliable, reproducible model with which to accurately describe the complicated inter-relationships which exist during the operation of the human leg. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0787444
Entities
People
- John Anthony Martin
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School