Time-scale analysis of motor unit action potentials

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1320-1329

  Pattichis, Constantinos S ^a   Pattichis, Marios S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Motor unit action potentials (MUAP's); Time scale analysis; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOPATHY; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032711174     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.797992     Document Type: Article

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