Visualization of a stationary CPG-revealing spinal wave

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006:119:198-200.

Abstract

Central Pattern Generator (CPG) is still an elusive concept that has a visual manifestation as a rhythmic oscillation commanded from the spine, but that also has another manifestation as a train of bursts in the surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals recorded on the para-spinal muscles. This leads to the challenging problem of correlating the visually observed spinal wave with the sEMG signals recorded during the session. This paper develops a mathematical model of the spinal wave phenomenon, which, when driven by the sEMG data, yields such visually observable features as wave nodes.

MeSH terms

  • California
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Electromyography
  • Humans
  • Models, Statistical
  • Spinal Cord / physiology*