Repeatability of electrically evoked EMG signals in the human vastus medialis muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-193

  Merletti, R ^a,b   Fiorito, A ^a   Lo Conte, L R ^a   Cisari, C ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Servizio di Recupero e Rieducazione Funzionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electromyography; Myoelectric signal; Repeatability; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THIGH;

EID: 0031937714     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199802)21:2<184::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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