The double peak-to-peak analysis for determining EMG onset of muscle contraction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-271

  Wong, Y M ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 25444520520     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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