The effect of subcutaneous fat on myoelectric signal amplitude and cross-talk

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-54

  Kuiken, Todd A ^a,b   Lowery, M M ^a   Stoykov, N S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ARM; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOELECTRICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0038180934     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093640309167976     Document Type: Article

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