Decomposition and quantitative analysis of clinical electromyographic signals

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 389-404

  Stashuk, Daniel William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG Signal Decomposition; Macro EMG; Motor unit action potentials; Motor unit firing patterns; Quantitative EMG

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032701130     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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