Firing rate analysis using decomposition-enhanced spike triggered averaging in the quadriceps femoris

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1338-1340

  Conwit, Robin A ^a   Tracy, Brian ^b   Cowl, Alison ^c   McHugh, Megan ^a   Stashuk, Dan ^d   Brown, William F ^e   Metter, E Jeffrey ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG signal decomposition; Firing rates and force generation; Mean motor unit firing rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FORCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0031754468     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1338::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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