Gender dependent EMGs of runners resolved by time/frequency and principal pattern analysis

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-272

  Von Tscharner, Vinzenz ^a   Goepfert, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Pattern recognition; Principal component analysis; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTRUM; TIME;

EID: 0037410077     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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