diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst index 975b3790..49035236 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial.rst +++ b/docs/tutorial.rst @@ -64,7 +64,21 @@ Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are... Electromyogram -------------- -Electromyogram (EMG) signals are... +Electromyogram (EMG) signals are a measure of the electrical activity of +muscles. There are two types of sensors that can be used to record this +electrical activity, in particular surface EMG (sEMG), measured by non-invasive +electrodes, and intramuscular EMG. Out of the two, sEMG allows for non-invasive +electrodes to be applied at the body surface, that measure muscle activity. +In sEMG, contact with the skin can be done with standard pre-gelled electrodes, +dry Ag/AgCl electrodes or conductive textiles. Normally, there are three +electrodes in an sEMG interface: two electrodes work on bipolar differential +measurement and the other one is attached to a neutral zone, to serve as the +reference point. After being recorded, this signal can be processed in time, +frequency and time-frequency domains. In an EMG signal, when the muscle is in +a relaxed state, this corresponds to the baseline activity. The bursts of +activity match the muscular activations and have a random shape, meaning that +a raw recording of contractions cannot be exactly reproduced. The onset of an +event corresponds to the beginning of the burst. Respiration -----------