Estimation of the muscle fibre semi-length under varying joint positions on the basis of non-invasively extracted motor unit action potentials

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-299

  Schulte, E ^a   Dimitrova, N A ^a   Dimitrov, G V ^b   Rau, G ^a   Disselhorst Klug, C ^a  

^a Aachen University   (Germany)

^b CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Elbow joint angle; Isometric contraction; Method; Motor unit; Muscle length; Spatial filtering; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELBOW; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE ENDING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 14844331057     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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