Adaptive threshold method for peak detection of surface electromyography signal from around shoulder muscles

This paper illustrates the accurate identification of the surface electromyography signal obtained from the shoulder muscles (Teres, Trapezius and Pectoralis) of amputee subjects with three different arm motions (elevation, protraction and retraction). During the acquisition of the signal, a variety of variations (amplitude, frequency and noise) were introduced into the acquired signal which will misguide in the prediction of motion of the shoulder. Therefore, a novel approach has been aimed to adaptively adjust the threshold of Teager energy operator in order to filter the unwanted peaks in the pre-processing stage of the surface electromyography (SEMG) signal. Results show that the proposed approach is accurate and effective in the analysis of biomedical signal where peaks are important to detect without the knowledge of the shape of the waveform. As clinical research continues, these algorithms helps us to process SEMG signal and the identified signal would be used to design more accurate and efficient controllers for the upper-limb amputee.