Compensation of the effect of sub-cutaneous tissue layers on surface EMG: A simulation study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 487-497

  Farina, Dario ^a,b   Rainoldi, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrode arrays; Electromyography; Motor unit potentials; Spatial filters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032727898     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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