Relationships of the vibromyogram to the surface electromyogram of the human rectus femoris muscle during voluntary isometric contraction

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-403

  Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,b   Frank, Cyril B ^c   Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^b,c   Bell, Gordon D ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

electromyography (EMG); EMG VMG relation; vibromyography (VMG); voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLES; VIBROMYOGRAPHY (VMG); VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030271487     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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