Figure 14

Recordings obtained using dot, short-circuited dot and mixed tripolar configurations. Since the “end effect” was found negligible in our experimental setup, the difference in SNR can be mostly attributed to the change between ring and dot outer contacts. The mixed tripole outperforms the others mainly because of the large compound action potential (CAP). The stimulation artifacts (SAs) and CAPs appear chronologically in the left inset without the induced simulated myoelectric signal (SMES). Recordings from all the configurations in each inset were obtained during the same session.