In this paper, a new motor unit action potential (MUAP) onset detection method was presented based on the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT). First, the signal was decomposed into IMFs based on the EMD algorithm, and then, the first IMF was selected and its instantaneous frequency was calculated. After that, all the peaks of the instantaneous frequency function of the first IMF were counted, which amount was the estimation of the MUAP amount. Through the experiments of the emulated and real SEMG signals, we concluded that this method was an effective method compared to the existing methods.
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