Research Article

Validity and Reliability of the Newly Developed Surface Electromyography Device for Measuring Muscle Activity during Voluntary Isometric Contraction

Table 3

Technical specifications of newly developed sEMG device (PSL-EMG-Tr1; PhysioLab Co., Ltd., Busan, Korea) and BTS-FREEEMG (BTS-FREEEMG1000; BTS Bioengineering, Milan, Italy).

PSL-EMG-tr1BTS-FREEEMG1000


Price∼$500 USD∼$25,000 USD

Dimensions (mm)48 L × 93 W × 15.5 H
Lead wire length
1,100 mm (main 500 mm; branch 600 mm)
EMG probes:
41.5 L × 24.8 W × 14 H main electrode Ø 16 × 12 satellite electrode
USB receiver: 82 L × 44 W × 22.5 H
Charger: 350 L × 185 W × 20 H

Weight (g)EMG device: 47 g
Lead wire: 41 g
EMG probes: 10 g
USB receiver: 80 g
Charger: 1450 g

Channels1 channelUp to 10 wireless probes
Bandwidth (Hz)3–2,00025–500 Hz
Gain (V/V)252,000
Sampling rate (Hz)30,0001,000
Common mode rejection (dB)7392