Non-invasive detection of the single motor unit action potential by averaging the spatial potential distribution triggered on a spatially filtered motor unit action potential

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-72

  Disselhorst Klug, Catherine ^a   Rau, Günter ^a   Schmeer, Astrid ^a   Silny, Jiri ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Averaging; Single motor unit detection; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FILTER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN SURFACE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032948473     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(98)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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