An Evaluation of Hand-Force Prediction Using Artificial Neural-Network Regression Models of Surface EMG Signals for Handwear Devices

Table 1

Muscles related to finger activities.

Type	Group	Name
Intrinsic hand muscles	Thenar muscles	Abductor pollicis brevis (APB)
		Flexor pollicis brevis (FPB)
		Opponens pollicis (OP)
	—	Adductor pollicis (AP)
	Hypothenar muscles	Abductor digiti minimi (ADM)
		Flexor digiti minimi (FDM)
		Opponens digiti minimi (ODM)
	Interosseous muscles	Dorsal interossei (DI)
		Volar interossei (VI)
		Lumbricals (LM)
	Extrinsic hand muscles	Flexors	Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)
			Flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS)
			Flexor pollicis longus (FPL)
Extensors		Extensor digitorum communis (EDC)
		Extensor digiti minimi proprius (EDMP)
		Extensor indicis proprius (EIP)
		Extensor pollicis brevis (EPB)
		Extensor pollicis longus (EPL)
Abductors		Abductor pollicis longus (APL)