A muscular fatigue index based on the relationships between superimposed M wave and preceding background activity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1194-1204

  Kiryu, Tohru ^a   Morishiata, Mari ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^b   Okada, Morihiko ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy; Instantaneous frequency; Mean power frequency; Muscle fatigue index; Preceding background activity; Superimposed M wave

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FUZZY SETS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE;

MUSCLE FATIGUE INDEX;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOELECTRICITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032189965     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.720197     Document Type: Article

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