Influence of the bipolar electrode transfer function on the electromyogram power spectrum

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-301

  Sinderby, Christer A ^a,b,c   Comtois, Alain S ^a   Thomson, Robert G ^b   Grassino, Alejandro E ^a,b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bipolar electrode filtering; conduction velocity; diaphragm; electromyography; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DOG; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; DOGS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCIA; MATHEMATICS; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 0030022788     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199603)19:3<290::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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