The contribution of motor unit pairs to the correlation functions computed from surface myoelectric signals

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1846-1850

  González Cueto, José A ^a   Erim, Zeynep ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; EMG models; Firing; Motor unit; Myoelectric signal; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

EMG MODELS; FIRING; MOTOR UNIT; MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN SURFACE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27644573004     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.856279     Document Type: Article

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