A surface EMG multi-electrode technique for characterizing muscle activation patterns in mice during treadmill locomotion

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-182

  Scholle, Hans Christoph ^a   Biedermann, Frank ^a   Arnold, Dirk ^a   Jinnah, Hyder Azad ^b   Grassme, Roland ^a,c   Schumann, Nikolaus Peter ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gaststatten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Array electrode; Electromyography; Locomotion; Mouse; Muscle; Rear limb; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 25444527699     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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