Design

• Muscle usage monitoring system (MUMS) which projects an accurate analysis of muscle usage
• Integration into sports clothing to allow analysis and recording of exercise patterns
• Provide consumers with way to monitor and sustain progress
• EMG sensors built into sportswear connect to circuit board and interfaced with computer or cell phone

  

  Final Prototype of MUMS

 

Abstract

The design for this freshman design project consists of a muscle usage monitoring system using EMG sensors integrated into sports clothing to allow users to better analyze and record their exercise patterns. The motivation for this project was to provide consumers with a way to exercise efficiently and evaluate the extent of their performance in order to sustain progress. The monitoring system will detect electrical impulses which will be the primary source of indication as to how effectively that muscle is being utilized during a particular exercise. There are several technical challenges expected in this project. Firstly, the EMG sensors will need to be connected to a circuit box which will analyze the data and feed it to an application specifically made for this monitoring system. To preserve portability, the application will be housed in the user’s cell phone. The sensors will have to be integrated into the sports sleeve and the material required for this purpose must be very thin in order to maintain contact with the appropriate muscles and transmit signals to the circuit box. The software for the phone will have to be developed and several trial runs will have to be carried out to determine the effectiveness of the system. The final outcome is a working prototype of the monitoring system which projects an accurate analysis of muscle usage.

Materials