Motor unit size estimation: Confrontation of surface EMG with macro EMG

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Roeleveld, Karin ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a   Falck, Björn ^b   Stålberg, Erik V ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EMG; Macro; Motor unit; Size; Surface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0030916374     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96670-4     Document Type: Article

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