E-10 Emg

Experiment No.
10
Aim: Perform Electromygram test using EMG biofeedback Trainer

Objective:
1. To understand the concept of EMG system.
2. To observe electrical muscle activities of the subject on LED bar graph and measure its potential.
Apparatus: EMG biofeedback machine, electrodes, headphone, and ground wire.
Theory:
Electromyography (EMG) measures the electrical discharges made by the muscles. Nerve conduction studies
(measuring nerve conduction velocity) determine how well individual nerves can transmit electrical signals.
Measuring the electrical activity in muscles and nerves can help detect the presence, location, and extent of diseases
that can damage muscle tissue (such as muscular dystrophy) or nerves (such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). In the
case of nerve injury, the actual site of nerve damage can often be located. EMG and nerve conduction studies are often
done together to provide more complete information.
Electromyography (EMG) is done to:

1. Help diagnose diseases that damage muscle tissue, nerves, or the junctions between nerve and muscle
(neuromuscular junctions). These disorders include a herniated disc, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or
myasthenia gravis (MG).
2. Evaluate the cause of weakness, paralysis, involuntary muscle twitching, or other symptoms. Problems in a
muscle, the nerves supplying a muscle, the spinal cord, or the area of the brain that controls a muscle can all
cause these kinds of symptoms.
ELECTRODES LEVEL FEEDBACK GAIN VOLUME TONE BALANCE ON
SENSTIVITY
EMG BIO-FEEDBACK TRAINER
Types of EMG: There are two types of EMG:
(i) Intramuscular EMG (the most commonly used type) inserting a needle electrodes through the skin into the muscle
whose electrical activity is to be measured.
Bio-Medical Instrumentation: UEI402
(ii) Surface EMG (SEMG) involves placing the electrodes on the skin overlying the muscle to detect the electrical
activity of the muscle.
Observation Table:
S. No EMG Potential
Relax Tension
Subject 1
Subject 2
Subject 3
Subject 4
Procedure:
1. Switch ON the supply.

2. Keep the volume, balance & level controls at minimum positions and feedback gain control at maximum
position.
3. Insert electrode lead plugs in the electrode socket.
4. Apply a small quantity of gel on all the three electrodes.
5. Place these three electrodes, minimum distance between electrodes should be 15mm.
6. Switch on the machine, green bars of the screen starts glowing.
7. Select required sensitivity on sensitivity selector.
8. SELECTING LEVEL MORE: rotate balance control in clockwise directions till the required no. of green bars
is glowing. Now rotate level control in clock wise direction till level indicator led starts glowing.
9. Bring the feedback gain control in the middle position to start with.
10. SELECTING AUDIO FEEDBACK MODE: select BI tone or direct tone as per the requirement. In case of
direct tone EMG signal of the subject is directly feed back to the subject after amplification. But in case of BI
tone EMG signal after amplification is processed and converted in to melodic variation and feedback to the
subject.
11. Rotate balance control in clockwise direction and bring it to the position that yellow bar of the screen starts
glowing.
12. Now volume control is slowly increase to the level that audio feedback i.e. sound level is pleasant for the
subject.
13. Use head phone to hear the sound
14. For using head phone, plug it in the head phone receptacle when volume is minimum. Put on the head phone
on the ear of the subject and increase volume to the level which is pleasant to the subject.
15. The ongoing EMG activity of the subject can be seen on the LCD panel meter.
16. If the subject is able to glow all the green bars then feedback gain is reduced & the subject is asked to try for
glowing more green bars.
17. One training session can be about 30 minutes and if the subject is not able to glow more green bars then
present average value of EMG activity can be noted down from the LCD panel meter. If the level mode is
being used then level indicator will start flashing when desired set level is achieved.
Precautions:
1. Place the electrode when muscles are not under tension.
2. Ensure the green bar on the LCD panel meter at relaxed condition.
Bio-Medical Instrumentation: UEI402

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Experiment No.

Aim: Perform Electromygram test using EMG biofeedback Trainer

Apparatus: EMG biofeedback machine, electrodes, headphone, and ground wire.

Electromyography (EMG) is done to:

ELECTRODES LEVEL FEEDBACK GAIN VOLUME TONE BALANCE ON

EMG BIO-FEEDBACK TRAINER

Types of EMG: There are two types of EMG:

1. Switch ON the supply.

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