Increased EMG intermuscular coherence and reduced signal complexity in Parkinson's disease
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Increased EMG intermuscular coherence and reduced signal complexity in Parkinson's disease. / Flood, Matthew W; Jensen, Bente Rona; Malling, Anne-Sofie; Lowery, Madeleine M.
I: Clinical Neurophysiology, Bind 130, Nr. 2, 2019, s. 259-269.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Increased EMG intermuscular coherence and reduced signal complexity in Parkinson's disease
AU - Flood, Matthew W
AU - Jensen, Bente Rona
AU - Malling, Anne-Sofie
AU - Lowery, Madeleine M
N1 - CURIS 2019 NEXS 009
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Objectives: To investigate differences in surface electromyography (EMG) features in individuals with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and aged-matched controls.Methods: Surface EMG was recorded during isometric leg extension in PD patients prior to, and after undergoing a locomotor training programme, and in aged-matched controls. Differences in EMG structure were quantified using determinism (%DET), sample entropy (SampEn) and intermuscular coherence.Results: %DET was significantly higher, and SampEn significantly lower, in PD patients. Intermuscular coherence was also significantly higher in the PD group in theta, alpha and beta frequency bands. %DET increased and SampEn decreased with increasing Movement-Disorder-Society UPDRS scores, while theta band coherence was significantly correlated with total MDS-UPDRS scores and torque variance. Neither %DET, SampEn nor intermuscular coherence changed in response to training.Conclusions: The differences observed are consistent with increased synchrony among motor units within and across leg muscles in PD. Differences between EMG signals recorded from the PD and control groups persisted post-therapy, after improvements in walking capacity occurred.Significance: These results provide insight into changes in motoneuron activity in PD, demonstrate increased beta band intramuscular coherence in PD for the first time, and support the development of quantitative biomarkers for PD based on advanced surface EMG features.
AB - Objectives: To investigate differences in surface electromyography (EMG) features in individuals with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and aged-matched controls.Methods: Surface EMG was recorded during isometric leg extension in PD patients prior to, and after undergoing a locomotor training programme, and in aged-matched controls. Differences in EMG structure were quantified using determinism (%DET), sample entropy (SampEn) and intermuscular coherence.Results: %DET was significantly higher, and SampEn significantly lower, in PD patients. Intermuscular coherence was also significantly higher in the PD group in theta, alpha and beta frequency bands. %DET increased and SampEn decreased with increasing Movement-Disorder-Society UPDRS scores, while theta band coherence was significantly correlated with total MDS-UPDRS scores and torque variance. Neither %DET, SampEn nor intermuscular coherence changed in response to training.Conclusions: The differences observed are consistent with increased synchrony among motor units within and across leg muscles in PD. Differences between EMG signals recorded from the PD and control groups persisted post-therapy, after improvements in walking capacity occurred.Significance: These results provide insight into changes in motoneuron activity in PD, demonstrate increased beta band intramuscular coherence in PD for the first time, and support the development of quantitative biomarkers for PD based on advanced surface EMG features.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Electromyography
KW - Coherence
KW - Determinism
KW - Entropy
KW - Synchronization
KW - Parkinson’s disease
U2 - 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.10.023
DO - 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.10.023
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30583273
VL - 130
SP - 259
EP - 269
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology
SN - 1388-2457
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 210788118