Intracellular action potential generation and extinction strongly affect the sensitivity of M-wave characteristic frequencies to changes in the peripheral parameters with muscle fatigue

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-169

  Arabadzhiev, T I ^a   Dimitrov, G V ^a   Dimitrova, N A ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Electrode arrangement and position; Fibre length; Intracellular action potential shape; M wave; Mean frequency; Median frequency; Peripheral muscle fatigue; Propagation velocity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12444286903     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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