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Saket Choudhary
BISC 104
Session 4
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• Strength of muscle contraction is related to number of motor units activated

• Strength of muscle contraction is related to number of motor units activated
• It is directly proportional to the potential generated
• Strength of muscle contraction is related to number of motor units activated
• It is directly proportional to the potential generated
• Difficult to quantify the amount of potential
• Strength of muscle contraction is related to number of motor units activated
• It is directly proportional to the potential generated
• Difficult to quantify the amount of potential
• Electromyogram(EMG) is used to measure muscular strength
• Strength of muscle contraction is related to number of motor units activated
• It is directly proportional to the potential generated
• Difficult to quantify the amount of potential
• Electromyogram(EMG) is used to measure muscular strength
• Why Study this? EMG is used for assessing muscular health

• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Step 1: ”EMG Cable and Hand Dynamometer Setup”
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Step 1: ”EMG Cable and Hand Dynamometer Setup”
• Step 2: ”Calibrating the Hand Dynamometer” – Method 2
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Step 1: ”EMG Cable and Hand Dynamometer Setup”
• Step 2: ”Calibrating the Hand Dynamometer” – Method 2
• Weigh textbooks in kilograms. 1kg = 2.2lb
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Step 1: ”EMG Cable and Hand Dynamometer Setup”
• Step 2: ”Calibrating the Hand Dynamometer” – Method 2
• Weigh textbooks in kilograms. 1kg = 2.2lb
• Step 3: Proceed to ”Experiment HM-1”
• Please read the lab manual – step by step!
• 3 PDFs – Background, Setup/Calibrate, Experiment Activity
• Step 1: ”EMG Cable and Hand Dynamometer Setup”
• Step 2: ”Calibrating the Hand Dynamometer” – Method 2
• Weigh textbooks in kilograms. 1kg = 2.2lb
• Step 3: Proceed to ”Experiment HM-1”
• Exercise 1 and 2 are compulsory.

Analysis – Area Under Curve

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Electrodes
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Dynamometer
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Saket Choudhary skchoudh@usc.edu
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