Fractal analysis of surface EMG signals from the biceps

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-192

  Gupta, Vineet ^a   Suryanarayanan, Srikanth ^a   Reddy, Narender P ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Flexion extension; Fractal dimension; Isokinetic contraction; Noninvasive measurement; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BICEPS BRACHII; ISOKINETIC CONTRACTION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031194044     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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