Towards objective identification of myofascial trigger points: A high-density surface electromyography method

Seekaow Churproong; Guangyuan Ren; Chen Chen; Benjamin Metcalfe; Polly McGuigan; Dingguo Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2026.111768

Towards objective identification of myofascial trigger points: A high-density surface electromyography method

Seekaow Churproong, Guangyuan Ren, Chen Chen, Benjamin Metcalfe, Polly McGuigan, Dingguo Zhang

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111768
Journal	Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume	211
Early online date	19 May 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2026.111768
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 19 May 2026

Data Availability Statement

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Xin Jin and Jingyue Wang for providing technical guidance on the machine-learning analysis used in this study. Special thanks to Dr. Arthit Srikaew in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Suranaree University of Technology for assistance with MATLAB coding issues.

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