Comparison of surface EMG signals between electrode types, interelectrode distances and electrode orientations in isometric exercise of the erector spinae muscle

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 439-447

  Zedka, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Narayan, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; ORIENTATION; SKIN ELECTRODE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SPINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030726902     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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