M. Hamedi, S. Salleh, C. Ting, A. M. Noor, I. Rezazadeh
{"title":"Multiclass self-paced motor imagery temporal features classification using least-square support vector machine","authors":"M. Hamedi, S. Salleh, C. Ting, A. M. Noor, I. Rezazadeh","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036749","url":null,"abstract":"Mental tasks classification such as motor imagery based on EEG signals is a challenging issue in brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. Automatic classifier tuning seems to be an essential component in real-time BCI systems which makes the interface more reliable and easy to use and may offer the optimum configuration of classifier. This paper investigates the robustness of Least-Square Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM) to classify multi-class self-paced motor imagery (MI) temporal features while tuning the hyperparameters automatically. MI electroencephalogram (EEG) signals were preprocessed and segmented into non-overlapped distinctive time slots. Five different temporal features were extracted to characterize various properties of three Mis. An extended version of LS-SVM was employed for feature classification while the kernel model parameters were tuned by means of two optimization techniques, Coupled Simulated Annealing (CSA) followed by Simplex. LS-SVM parameters were evaluated and selected through leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV) cost function. Finally, the proposed method was evaluated and compared to three widely used classifiers. The results indicated the high potential of LS-SVM to classify different Mis by obtaining the average classification accuracy 89.88±8.00 when using Sign Slop Changes (SSC) features. However, this LS-SVM performed slowly due to its additional steps for automatic model parameter tuning. In the comparative study, it was shown that each classifier behaved differently when various features were served; however, KNN outperformed others in both terms of classification accuracy and speed.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134603757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasotha Padmanathan, Maryam Pourmajidian, Hasliza Yusoff, A. Wahab, N. Hasnan, N. A. Hamzaid, G. Davis
{"title":"Assessment of muscle performance using vibromyography (VMG) and electromyography(EMG)","authors":"Yasotha Padmanathan, Maryam Pourmajidian, Hasliza Yusoff, A. Wahab, N. Hasnan, N. A. Hamzaid, G. Davis","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036762","url":null,"abstract":"The present work shows a preliminary study conducted using Vibromyography (VMG) sensor and Electromyography (EMG) sensor with the help of Biodex system on evaluating muscle performances. Surface EMG and Biodex torque are set as reference signal to be compared with VMG signal obtained from the experiment. A total of 5 healthy subjects performed isokinetic knee extension exercise at the speed of 90 deg·s-1 and 120 deg·s-1 supported by biodex dynamometer. Preliminary statistical analysis to find the correlation between the reference signals is calculated. An acceptable high correlation values was obtained for both speeds where Biodex-VMG shows (r=0.80 and r=0.81), Biodex-EMG shows (r=0.89 and r=0.88) and VMG-EMG shows(r=0.78 and r=0.77) for speed 90 deg·s-1 and 120 deg·s-1 respectively. A slightly higher correlation was achieved between biodex and VMG suggesting the high potential of the sensor for mechanical evaluations. However further analysis considering various conditions is needed in order to prove the reliability of VMG as a sensor to measure force related parameter in muscle evaluation.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116339191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post contraction hyperemia after electrical stimulation comparison with able-bodied persons and persons with upper extremity paralysis","authors":"Nobusuke Shibata","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036746","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare post contraction hyperemia after electrical stimulation with persons with upper extremity paralysis caused by upper motor neuron disease with able-bodied persons. Methods: Thirteen able-bodied persons and eleven individuals who had upper extremity paralysis caused by upper neuron disease were enrolled in the study. The blood flow of basilic vein was measured by ultra sound system before the electrical stimulation and 30 seconds after the stimulation. Electrical stimulation was done to the biceps brachii muscle. The strength was 10mA, frequency was 70Hz, stimulation time was 20 seconds. The Dynamid electro stimulation system was used for the electro stimulation and the TOSHIBA Xario ultrasound system was used for evaluating the blood flow. Results: The mean blood flow of the able-bodied group and paralysis group before the electrical stimulation was 60 ± 20 ml/min (Mean ± SD) and 48 ± 25ml/min. After the electrical stimulation, both increased to 117 ± 23 ml/min and 81 ± 41 ml/min. Conclusion: It was possible to measure the post contraction hyperemia by ultra sound system. Both blood flow of able-bodied persons and persons with upper extremity paralysis increased after the electrical stimulation due to post contraction hyperemia.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124312539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust gender classification using neural responses from the model of the auditory system","authors":"Nursadul Mamun, Wissam A. Jassim, M. S. Zilany","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036748","url":null,"abstract":"Human listeners are capable of extracting several information of the speaker such as personality, emotional state, gender, and age using features present in speech signal. The gender classification of a speaker based on his or her speech signal is crucial in telecommunication. This study proposes a gender classification technique using the neural responses of a physiologically-based computational model of the auditory periphery. Neurograms were created from the responses of the model auditory nerve to speech signals. Orthogonal moments were applied on the neurogram to extract features for classification using Gaussian mixture model. The performance of the proposed method was evaluated for eight different types of noise. The result showed a high accuracy for gender classification for both under quiet and noisy conditions. The proposed method could be used as a pre-processor in speaker verification system.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121630164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of foot position on erector spinae and gluteus maximus muscle activation during sit-to-stand in persons with stroke","authors":"I. Nam, M. Lee, Y. Kim, J. Shin, Y. Lee, Y. Chung","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036732","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different foot positioning on bilateral erector spinae (ES) and gluteus maximaus (GM) activation during sit-to-stand in stroke patients using surface electromyography(EMG). Fifteen randomly selected stroke patients participated and were required to perform sit-to-stand (STS) with three different strategies as follows: 1) symmetric foot position, 2) unaffected foot placed behind the affected foot position (asymmetric-1), 3) affected foot placed behind the unaffected foot position (asymmetric-2). The EMG system was used to measure erector spinae and gluteus maximus muscle activation. All conditions were conducted randomly and the mean values were obtained from muscle activity being measured 5 times. One-way repeated measure ANOVA was used to determine statistical significance of differences between each conditions. According to the results, the affected erector spine muscle activation was significantly greater with asymmetric-2 compared to symmetrical foot placement (p<;0.05). In addition, the affected ES, nonaffected ES, and affected gluteus maxims muscle activation was significantly greater with asymmetric-2 compared to asymmetric-1 (p<;0.05). Our results suggest that it may be more effective for patients with stroke to place the affected foot behind the unaffected foot when performing STS to increase erector spinae and affected gluteus muscle activation and to include as part of a valuable clinical intervention.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"227 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115169689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identify key grasping-related properties based on cutaneous electrotactile stimulation","authors":"Heng Xu, Linjun Bao, Dingguo Zhang, Xiangyang Zhu","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036757","url":null,"abstract":"It is important to close the control loop by providing tactile feedback to prosthesis users. An increasing number of researchers attempt to improve grasping performance by providing various types of tactile feedbacks. In our study, we improve the performance by a virtual environment in which subjects acquire two key grasping-related properties, including object's stiffness, economically holding power (Feco) that could stop the objects slipping by a minimum force, using pressure feedback and slipping feedback generated by electrotactile stimulation during they are grasping objects. Results indicate that this method is feasible. The accurate discrimination of two levels' stiffness is 95.4%, and the accurate discrimination of four levels' economically holding power (Feco) is 78.3%. Furthermore, in order to compare the discriminating performance, we investigate the confused types in discriminating the stiffness and the economically holding power (feco).","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114380113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Rahman, B. S. K. Ibrahim, M. M. Jamil, N. Nasir, F. Sherwani, M. Ahmad, A. Masdar
{"title":"Positioning of EEG electrodes for BCI-FES control system development of knee joint movement for paraplegic","authors":"K. Rahman, B. S. K. Ibrahim, M. M. Jamil, N. Nasir, F. Sherwani, M. Ahmad, A. Masdar","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036767","url":null,"abstract":"Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is a promising method to restore mobility to individuals paralyzed due to spinal cord injury (SCI). This method will provide the electrical pulse to the surface electrodes which are attached to paralyze part such as arm or leg and will make this part constructs because of the pulse given and can achieve the desired movement later. Depend on only FES for a rehabilitation method to SCI patient is not a very effective way. The combination between FES and Brain Computer Interface (BCI) may prove useful and effective way in SCI rehabilitation. BCI is a technology that detects a patient's intention. The main target of BCI is to create an alternative way for SCI patients between brain and others partfrom their body. This BCI will record the signal from the brain and then will transfer it to paralyze part which wants to control it. There are many methods to obtain the brain signals in BCI such as electroencephalographic (EEG) measurement technique or brain mapping technique. The EEG measurement technique is mostly used in medical rehabilitation and this technique is using EEG scalp and electrodes. The position of EEG electrodes should be correctly placed according to the appropriate movement. This paper will be discussed on the positioning of EEG electrodes for BCI-FES control system development of knee joint movement for paraplegics.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132207628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical stimulation of acupuncture points in treatment of sleep disorders","authors":"M. Bijak, M. Bijak","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036735","url":null,"abstract":"Insomnia is a frequent complaint in primary medical care. Many drugs are available to treat sleep disorders. Sleeping pills show a lot of side effects such as daytime dizziness and lack of concentration. There are some studies about treatment of insomnia without drugs, for example using acupuncture or electroacupuncture. In an outpatient service in Vienna, Austria, patients with functional disorders or different pain diagnosis are treated with acupuncture over 20 years. Patients are requested to fill in a questionnaire concerning the intensity of pain, psychic discomfort and quality of sleep prior to treatment and at the end of treatment. To investigate if acupuncture or electroacupuncture is helping to improving sleep disorders, a retrospective study was carried out. 62% of the patients treated for pain syndromes show also a disturbance of sleep. After the end of treatment, half of them improved not only in pain intensity, but also in the quality of sleep. To show the influence of electroacupuncture for primary insomnia a randomized controlled pilot trial with 12 patients was done. Improvement of daytime vigilance could be shown after the first treatment and staying on for 10 weeks with one treatment per week.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127736591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A test of controlling different muscles in FES cycling with cycling wheelchair \"Profhand\"","authors":"Takashi Watanabe, Yuta Karasawa, Y. Handa","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036742","url":null,"abstract":"The cycling wheelchair \"Profhand\" developed by our research group in Japan has been found to be useful in rehabilitation of motor function of lower limbs. The cycling wheelchair can also be applied to rehabilitation of paraplegic subjects by controlling lower limbs with FES. In this paper, FES control without stimulation to the gluteus maximus and that with stimulation to the tibialis anterior were tested for FES cycling with Profhand with healthy subjects, because cycling speed was low and not stable in our previous study and there was a difficulty in setting stimulation electrodes to the gluteus maximus. Stimulation to the quadriceps femoris, the gluteus maximus and the tibialis anterior showed the highest cycling speed. FES control without stimulation to the gluteus maximus was also possible to propel Profhand. Since effective muscle was different between individuals, it is preferable to select muscle group based on the patient's condition. Although stimulation to the tibialis anterior could be useful, it is necessary to study appropriate stimulation timing of each muscle.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125148656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiorespiratory metabolism during voluntary and electrical stimulation cycling in persons with advanced multiple sclerosis","authors":"C. Fornusek, N. Ektas, N. Hasnan","doi":"10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036734","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine the relative benefit of electrical stimulation (ES) and voluntary cycling exercise for persons with moderate to severe multiple sclerosis (MS). Design: Case series. Setting: Laboratory/Disabled gymnasium. Participants: 5 females with moderate to severe multiple sclerosis who were experienced with neuromuscular electrical stimulation cycling exercise. Interventions: each participant completed 3 different trials on a stationary cycle ergometer. The first trial involved 2 periods (10-min) of voluntary exercise [VOL], the second 35-min of ES cycling exercise [ES], and the third was a combination of VOL and ES [ES+VOL]. Each trial was performed on a different day. Outcome Measures: Cardiorespiratory variables (VO2, VCO2, RQ, Vt, & Br/min), cycling power output, and heart rate [HR] were measured during each session. Participants were also asked to rate each exercise trial in terms of pain (0-10) and post-exercise tiredness (0-10). Results: On average ES+VOL elicited greater acute increases in aerobic metabolic but there was no statistically detectable difference between the 3 trials except for VCO2. Conclusions: The application of ES may assist persons with severe MS to perform aerobic exercise. Further investigation is needed.","PeriodicalId":268238,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 19th International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS)","volume":"308 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123059311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}