Materials List: Decoding Muscle Movement:
Analyzing Neuromuscular Signals With EMG

For the entire class to share:

  • laptop or computer with Internet access and a projector (to show YouTube videos)

Each student needs:

Each group needs:

Kit includes:

    • 1 Muscle SpikerBox
    • 1 9v battery
    • 1 orange muscle electrode cable with 3 alligator clips (red, red, black)
    • 6 EMG sticker patch electrodes for large muscles
    • 1 adjustable wooden electrode holder for small muscles
    • 1 small bottle of electrode gel to be used with the small muscle electrode
    • 1 smartphone cable to see/record spikes on mobile devices
    • 1 laptop cable to view/record data onto a laptop and attach an external amplifier/speaker
    • 1 Getting Started Guide
  • 1 box (100 units) of EMG sticker patch electrodes for large muscles
  • Access to Muscle SpikerBox Basics YouTube video (1:24 minutes)
  • Access to metronome app 

Note 1: This kit is ideal for you to do a demonstration. Alternatively, the above kit can support student teams of two or three. The setup could include a couple of stations that can facilitate EMG data collection for the entire classroom.

Note 2: Once the EMG data is collected, it is available to be analyzed for teaching or student research purposes.

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