Independence of myoelectric control signals examined using a surface EMG model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 789-793

  Lowery, Madeleine M ^a,b   Stoykov, Nikolay S ^a,b   Kuiken, Todd A ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection volume; Finite element model; Myoelectric control; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS;

INTERELECTRODE DISTANCE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARM; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037599263     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.812152     Document Type: Article

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