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The paper describes a method of quantifying Duchenne muscular dystrophy which is examiner independent and uses surface electromyographic signals (EMG). A standardised protocol is proposed. Spectral parameters are first computed from digitised EMG, then a polynomial model is deduced from the evolution of each parameter. A discriminant analysis between healthy and DMD subjects leads to the determination of a discriminant plane and a level of sickness index.
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Priez, A., Duchene, J. & Goubel, F. Duchenne muscular dystrophy quantification: a multivariate analysis of surface EMG. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 30, 283–291 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02446966
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