function [mvc, mvc_group_num] = calculateMVC(subject_data, emg_device_number, emg_fs, task_name_list, mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list) % calculateMVC calculates the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) values % from EMG signals collected during multiple tasks and trials. % % INPUTS: % subject_data : Processed EMG data for a single subject % emg_device_number : Number of EMG sensors used % emg_fs : Sampling frequency of EMG signals (Hz) % task_name_list : List of tasks performed in the experiment % mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list: Mapping of MVC trials to target EMG channels % % OUTPUTS: % mvc : Calculated MVC values for each task and muscle % mvc_group_num : Number indicating MVC groups based on task or trial % % Author: Junyo Boo (2025) % Data DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27677016 % % The following script is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 % International License (CC-BY 4.0). % % You are free to share and adapt this material for any purpose, even commercially, % provided you give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate % if changes were made. The full license text can be found at: % % https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ % %--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- task_number = length(task_name_list); mvc_measurement = []; for task_idx = 1:task_number task_name = task_name_list(task_idx); mvc_emg_env_data = subject_data.(task_name).MVC_envs; mvc_number = numel(fieldnames(mvc_emg_env_data)); temp_task_mvc = zeros(1,emg_device_number); for mvc_idx = 1:mvc_number mvc_trial_name = sprintf("Trial%02d",mvc_idx); target_mvc_emg_data = table2array(mvc_emg_env_data.(mvc_trial_name)(:,mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx})); temp_trial_target_mvc = get_mvc(target_mvc_emg_data, emg_fs, 1); temp_task_mvc(mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx}) = max(temp_task_mvc(mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx}), temp_trial_target_mvc); end mvc_measurement = cat(1, mvc_measurement, temp_task_mvc); end [~, ~, group_index] = unique(mvc_measurement, 'rows'); mvc_group_num = max(group_index); mvc = zeros(task_number, emg_device_number); mvc_cell = cell(1,mvc_group_num); mvc_max = zeros(mvc_group_num, emg_device_number); for task_idx = 1:task_number task_name = task_name_list(task_idx); mvc_task_tot = []; mvc_emg_env_data = subject_data.(task_name).MVC_envs; mvc_number = numel(fieldnames(mvc_emg_env_data)); temp_task_mvc = zeros(1,emg_device_number); for mvc_idx = 1:mvc_number mvc_trial_name = sprintf("Trial%02d",mvc_idx); target_mvc_emg_data = table2array(mvc_emg_env_data.(mvc_trial_name)(:,mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx})); temp_trial_target_mvc = calculate_mvc(target_mvc_emg_data, emg_fs, 1); temp_task_mvc(mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx}) = max(temp_task_mvc(mvc_trial_target_mvc_emg_list{mvc_idx}), temp_trial_target_mvc); end mvc_task_tot = cat(1, mvc_task_tot, temp_task_mvc); for trial_idx = subject_data.(task_name).AvailableTrialIdx trial_name = sprintf("Trial%02d",trial_idx); nSteps = subject_data.(task_name).(trial_name).nSteps; for step_idx = 1:nSteps step_name = sprintf("Step%02d", step_idx); temp_trial_mvc_emg_data = subject_data.(task_name).(trial_name).(step_name).EMGs_env; target_mvc_emg_data = table2array(temp_trial_mvc_emg_data); temp_trial_target_mvc = calculate_mvc(target_mvc_emg_data, emg_fs, 1); end mvc_task_tot = cat(1, mvc_task_tot, temp_trial_target_mvc); end mvc_cell{group_index(task_idx)} = cat(1, mvc_cell{group_index(task_idx)}, mvc_task_tot); end for mvc_group_idx=1:mvc_group_num mvc_max(mvc_group_idx,:) = max(mvc_cell{mvc_group_idx}); end for task_idx = 1:task_number mvc(task_idx,:) = mvc_max(group_index(task_idx),:); end end function mvc = get_mvc(mvc_emg_array, fs, target_sec) target_window_size = min(fs * target_sec, length(mvc_emg_array)); mvc = []; for i = 1:size(mvc_emg_array, 2) max_mean = -100; max_window_start = 1; for j = 1: size(mvc_emg_array,1)-target_window_size+1 temp_mean = mean(mvc_emg_array(j:j+target_window_size-1,i)); if temp_mean > max_mean max_mean = temp_mean; max_window_start = j; end end mvc_temp = max(mvc_emg_array(max_window_start:max_window_start + target_window_size-1,i)); mvc = cat(2, mvc, mvc_temp); end end