Study of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) on the human muscle activity: A preliminary study

Abstract

During the 20th century, environmental exposure to man-made electromagnetic fields has been steadily increasing as growing electricity demand, ever-advancing technologies and changes in social behaviour have created more and more artificial sources. Everyone is exposed to a complex mix of weak electric and magnetic fields, both at home and at work, from the generation and transmission of electricity, domestic appliances and industrial equipment, to telecommunications and broadcasting. This study is focusing on computer simulation of electromagnetic fields in the human body. A new code was implemented allowing for the use of the HUGO model of the human body, a computer data set based on the Visible Human Data Set, produced by the National Library of Medicine, Maryland, in connection with the orientation data set for muscle fibers in the human body. Based on that simulation, the result obtained is compared to Electromyography (EMG) techniques. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.