Statistical Analysis Package for Biomechanical Data

Abstract

In this paper the usefulness of a statistical package developed for analyzing biomechanical data is discussed. The biomechanical data may consist of internal forces such as muscle electromyography as well as external forces such as dynamometer and acceleration information. The package is developed for IBM PC micro-computer and written in Microsoft's Basic programming language. The main feature of this software is that it can determine precisely the time at which each muscular activity starts, by using a slope variation technique. In addition, this software determines the statistical parameters from the starting time of each channel activity until the termination of the task. The software is incorporated with flag indicators so that it can be used easily with various conditions which require various statistical analysis and treatments.