An evaluation of the utility and limitations of counting motor unit action potentials in the surface electromyogram

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-245

  Zhou, Ping ^a,b   Rymer, William Zev ^a,b,c,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ESTIMATION; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COUNTING MOTORS; ELECTROMYOGRAM (EMG); MOTONEURONS; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS (MUAP);

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EVALUATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19044379199     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/1/4/007     Document Type: Article

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