Motor unit potential contribution to surface electromyography

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

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

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Human; Motor unit; Surface EMG; Uptake area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030947626     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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