Analysis and comparison of reflex times and electromyograms of cervical muscles under impact loading using surface and fine-wire electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-152

  Wittek, Adam ^a   Ono, Koshiro ^a   Kajzer, Janusz ^b   Örtengren, Roland ^c   Inami, Satoshi ^c,d  

^a JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kabimec Consulting   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filtering of myoelectric signals; Head neck complex kinematics; Movement artefacts; Rear end impacts; Reflex times of cervical muscles; Surface and wire electromyograms

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; HIGH PASS FILTERS; MUSCLE;

MOTION ARTEFACTS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOELECTRICITY; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0035085420     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.909635     Document Type: Article

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