The motor unit potential distribution over the skin surface and its use in estimating the motor unit location

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-472

  Roeleveld, K ^a,b   Stegeman, D F ^a,b   Vingerhoets, H M ^a   Van Oosterom, A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor unit location; Surface EMG; Uptake area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030721630     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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