Measuring Surface Electromyography with Textile Electrodes in a Smart Leg Sleeve

This paper presents the design, development, and validation of a novel e-textile leg sleeve for non-invasive Surface Electromyography (sEMG) monitoring. This wearable device incorporates e-textile sensors for sEMG signal acquisition from the lower limb muscles, specifically the anterior tibialis and...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2024-05, Vol.24 (9), p.2763
Main Authors: Amitrano, Federica, Coccia, Armando, Pagano, Gaetano, Biancardi, Arcangelo, Tombolini, Giuseppe, Marsico, Vito, D'Addio, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis
comfort rating scale
e-textile
Electrodes
Electromyography - instrumentation
Electromyography - methods
EMG
Female
Humans
Innovations
Leg - physiology
Male
Measurement
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Sensors
surface electromyography
textile-based electrode
Textiles
Wearable Electronic Devices
wearable sensors
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Summary:This paper presents the design, development, and validation of a novel e-textile leg sleeve for non-invasive Surface Electromyography (sEMG) monitoring. This wearable device incorporates e-textile sensors for sEMG signal acquisition from the lower limb muscles, specifically the anterior tibialis and lateral gastrocnemius. Validation was conducted by performing a comparative study with eleven healthy volunteers to evaluate the performance of the e-textile sleeve in acquiring sEMG signals compared to traditional Ag/AgCl electrodes. The results demonstrated strong agreement between the e-textile and conventional methods in measuring descriptive metrics of the signals, including area, power, mean, and root mean square. The paired data -test did not reveal any statistically significant differences, and the Bland-Altman analysis indicated negligible bias between the measures recorded using the two methods. In addition, this study evaluated the wearability and comfort of the e-textile sleeve using the Comfort Rating Scale (CRS). Overall, the scores confirmed that the proposed device is highly wearable and comfortable, highlighting its suitability for everyday use in patient care.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s24092763