Methods and Tools for Assessing Muscle Asymmetry in the Analysis of Electromyographic Signals

Abstract

The generalized information about the possibilities of assessing asymmetry and the prospects of research tools is presented. The important role of the choice of different methods for processing electromyographic signals, the results of which can be considered as an objective criterion for assessing the asymmetry of the muscles of the extremities, is noted, such as the asymmetry coefficient, a widely used parameter in statistical analysis, which characterizes the asymmetry of the statistical distribution. Also applied is the segmental method of studying the body to obtain estimates of the composition and differences between individual body segments. The isokinetic test method, which makes it possible to assess asymmetry in measuring muscle strength, relies on the randomness of the dynamic processes of the biological system. Use of nonlinear dynamics, the theory of dynamic chaos, and fractal analysis allows for determining the fractal properties of biosignals, and from the classical methods used correlation analysis.