A thin, flexible multielectrode grid for high-density surface EMG

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 327-336

  Lapatki, B G ^a,b,c   Van Dijk, J P ^b,c   Jonas, I E ^a   Zwarts, M J ^b,c   Stegeman, D F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrode array; Electromyography; Facial muscles; Multichannel EMG; Single motor unit analysis

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; COST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0347993708     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00521.2003     Document Type: Article

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