Force Control Is Related to Low-Frequency Oscillations in Force and Surface EMG
Figure 5
Coherence between the force and EMG burst oscillations.
A) Representative example of a force and an EMG burst oscillations signal for 20 s. It is obvious that both signals exhibit common low-frequency oscillations. The dotted line represents low-pass filtered force and EMG burst at 2 Hz, whereas the solid line represents low-pass filtered force and EMG at 0.5 Hz. B) The overall coherence between the force and EMG burst oscillations when low-pass filtering the signals at 0.5 Hz and 2 Hz. The coherence for the two filtering procedures was similar, which indicates that low-pass filtering the force and EMG signals at 0.5 Hz captures well the synchrony between the two signals.