Technology assessment: Dynamic electromyography in gait and motion analysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 396-402

  Rechtien, James J ^a   Gelblum, Jeffrey B ^a   Haig, Andrew J ^a   Gitter, Andrew J ^a  

^a American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic EMG; gait measurement; motion analysis; surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030028050     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199603)19:3<396::AID-MUS22>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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