Non-invasive characterization of single motor unit electromyographic and mechanomyographic activities in the biceps brachii muscle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Cescon, Corrado ^a   Sguazzi, Elena ^a   Merletti, Roberto ^a   Farina, Dario ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mechanomyography; Motor unit; Spike triggered averaging; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 29144513816     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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