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Table 4 Inter-parameter agreement matrix

From: A novel approach to surface electromyography: an exploratory study of electrode-pair selection based on signal characteristics

Parameter

RMS

MAV

MAX

SSC

ZC

WL

MNF

MDF

SMR

DPR

SNR

Ω

Root mean square (RMS)

46

46

44

0

0

28

13

7

7

21

25

9

Mean absolute value (MAV)

44

44

42

0

0

27

13

8

7

22

25

9

Maximum amplitude (MAX)

38

39

39

0

0

24

12

7

4

18

23

7

Slope sign changes (SSC)

0

0

0

31

20

4

0

1

2

0

0

0

Zero crossings (ZC)

0

0

0

19

29

7

0

0

3

0

0

5

Waveform length (WL)

30

27

27

6

6

45

5

2

8

12

13

8

Mean Frequency (MNF)

13

14

13

0

0

5

42

30

5

20

17

5

Median Frequency (MDF)

6

7

7

2

1

1

34

42

4

13

11

1

Signal-to-motion artifact ratio (SMR)

2

3

3

1

1

2

0

0

4

2

2

1

Maximum-to-minimum drop in power density ratio (DPR)

12

14

14

0

0

5

12

9

4

26

25

8

Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

20

21

19

0

0

11

14

10

6

30

36

12

Power spectrum deformation (Ω)

8

7

7

2

5

8

1

0

5

7

10

30

  1. Each row considers cases that are considered repeatable based on the repeatability-4 criteria for a given parameter. The values indicate how many of these cases had a ranking of 1, for the same electrode pair, in at least 3 of the 5 trials for another parameter (column).