Normalisation of EMG amplitude: An evaluation and comparison of old and new methods

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-257

  Burden, Adrian ^a   Bartlett, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Electromyography; Isokinetic contraction; Isometric contraction; Isotonic contraction; Normalisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TELEMETRY;

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE;

AMPLITUDE NORMALIZATION; ISOKINETIC CONTRACTION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032586403     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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