Single Motor Unit Myoelectric Signal Analysis with Nonstationary Data

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 168-180

  Englehart, Kevin B ^a   Parker, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; POWER SPECTRUM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROBABILITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0028283693     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.284928     Document Type: Article

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