musclesyneRgies: factorization of electromyographicdata in R with sensible defaults
Alessandro Santuz
Abstract
Coordinated movements such as walking or playing a musical instrument are the result of accurately timed muscle activations produced by the central nervous system. Mathematical tools can help scientists to visualize which muscle is active during a specific phase of the considered movement and how important is the contribution of each muscle to the overall task. musclesyneRgies is an R package (R Core Team, 2022) that implements one of the existing mathematical models of motor coordination. From the raw data and until the final factorization of electromyographic activities, the package offers a complete analysis framework with sensible defaults that can be flexibly modified at need. musclesyneRgies is addressed to scientists of any programming skill level working in fields such as neuroscience, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, robotics or sport science.