Less is more: High pass filtering, to remove up to 99% of the surface EMG signal power, improves EMG-based biceps brachii muscle force estimates

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-399

  Potvin, J R ^a   Brown, S H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Muscle force; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 16544379884     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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