Quantitative Analysis Of Neck Muscle Fatigue

Abstract

newline In the present scenario, most of the world s population is suffering from muscle newlinefatigue that affects muscle strength. Muscle fatigue is defined as a state of newlinephysical or mental exhaustion that can be triggered by stress, medication, newlineoverwork, or mental and physical illness. newlineThe current study deals with the analysis of neck muscle fatigue by using newlineEMG data of various subjects suffering from neck pain recorded via wireless newlinesensors. Neck pain is a common problem which is found in the people of all age newlinegroup, and it mainly occurs due to poor posture, anxiety, depression, muscle newlinestrain, sporting activities, and other stressful situations. The patients suffering newlinefrom neck pain-related problems are normally prescribed cervical traction therapy newlineby medical experts. newlineEMG signal contains sufficient information regarding the contraction and newlinefatigue status of the muscle. EMG data for various patients suffering from neck newlinepain with radiculopathy, neck pain without radiculopathy, and spondylosis pain newlinewere acquired using wireless EMG sensors during cervical traction therapy and newlineprocessed for muscle fatigue analysis. The sensors were placed on the neck newlinemuscles of the subjects for recording their EMG data. The data were recorded for newlineeach subject during their course of traction treatment.