Surface EMG mapping of the human trapezius muscle: The topography of monopolar and bipolar surface EMG amplitude and spectrum parameters at varied forces and in fatigue

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 686-693

  Kleine, Bert Ulrich ^a,b   Schumann, Nikolaus Peter ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,b   Scholle, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a Institute of Pathophysiology   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG mapping; Fatigue; Surface electromyography; Topography; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0034175830     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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