Assessment of isometric contractions performed with maximal subjective effort: Corresponding results for EEG changes and force measurements

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 103-118

  Sust, Martin ^a   Schmalz, Thomas ^b   Beyer, Lothar ^c   Rost, Reinhard ^d   Hansen, Ellen ^e   Weiss, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Germany)

^c Aerztehaus Mitte   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of subjective effort; EEG; Isometric contraction; Single trial classification; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031277789     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459708986394     Document Type: Article

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