Stimulation Artifact in Surface EMG Signal: Effect of the Stimulation Waveform, Detection System, and Current Amplitude Using Hybrid Stimulation Technique

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-415

  Mandrile, Francesco ^a   Farina, Dario ^a   Pozzo, Marco ^a   Merletti, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Linear electrode arrays; M wave; Stimulation artifact; Surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATORS;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ELECTRODE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1642498239     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.819791     Document Type: Article

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