Electromyography (EMG)

Section 2

Electromyography (EMG)

Proficiency in the use of EMG to derive accurate muscle activation patterns, timing and strength through understanding of best practice data collection principles and proficiency in effective post-processing procedures.

• Base level – practitioner has a solid understanding of EMG principles and best practice processes and procedures.
• Intermediary level – practitioner is able to effectively conduct a surface EMG analysis through all phases including calibration processes; athlete mark-up and surface anatomy identification; data collection; post-processing pipelines; and result interpretation and presentation.
• Advanced level – practitioner has recognised high-level proficiency in surface and/or fine wire EMG operation with high level knowledge of best practice processing (including windowing; time/frequency domain analysis) with the capacity to drive sports-specific muscle activation models or analysis.