The use of electromyography for the noninvasive prediction of muscle forces. Current issues

Sports Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-96

  Dowling, James J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030850443     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199724020-00002     Document Type: Review

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