Physiology and Mathematics of Myoelectric Signals

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-26, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 313-325

  de Luca, Carlo J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RECRUITMENT (NEUROLOGY); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS - APPLICATIONS;

MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0018654889     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1979.326534     Document Type: Article

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