ELECTROMYOGRAPHY PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY PROCESSING PROGRAM
An electromyography processing apparatus 1 includes an electromyography acquiring unit 21 configured to generate electromyography data 11 indicating the time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode 2 set on each of left and right muscles which are paired of an exerciser performing an exercise in which the left and right muscles are alternately used, and an evaluation unit 23 configured to calculate and output a switching index indicating that left and right muscles are alternately used, from an electromyography of the left muscle and an electromyography of the right muscle acquired at an identical time.
1 . An electromyography processing apparatus comprising:
an electromyography acquiring unit comprising one or more hardware processors and configured to generate electromyography data indicating a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a left muscle of an exerciser and a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a right muscle of the exerciser, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired, and the exerciser performing an exercise in which the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used; and
an evaluation unit comprising the one or more hardware processors and configured to calculate and output, from an electromyography of the left muscle and an electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at an identical time, a switching index indicating that the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired.
2 . The electromyography processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation unit configured to calculate the switching index from multiplication of the electromyography of the left muscle and the electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at the identical time.
3 . The electromyography processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation unit configured to calculate the switching index from multiplication of values obtained by normalizing each of the electromyography of the left muscle and the electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at the identical time.
4 . An electromyography processing method comprising:
generating, by a computer, electromyography data indicating a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a left muscle of an exerciser and a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a right muscle of the exerciser, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired, and the exerciser performing an exercise in which the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used; and
calculating and outputting, by the computer, from an electromyography of the left muscle and an electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at an identical time, a switching index indicating that the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired.
5 . The electromyography processing method according to claim 4 , wherein in the calculating and outputting, the switching index is calculated from multiplication of the electromyography of the left muscle and the electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at the identical time.
6 . The electromyography processing method according to claim 4 , wherein in the calculating and outputting, the switching index is calculated from multiplication of values obtained by normalizing each of the electromyography of the left muscle and the electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at the identical time.
7 . A computer-readable recording medium storing [[An]] an electromyography processing program executable to cause one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
generating, by a computer, electromyography data indicating a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a left muscle of an exerciser and a time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a right muscle of the exerciser, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired, and the exerciser performing an exercise in which the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used; and
calculating and outputting, by the computer, from an electromyography of the left muscle and an electromyography of the right muscle both acquired at an identical time, a switching index indicating that the left muscle and the right muscle are alternately used, the left muscle and the right muscle being paired.