Reliability of surface electromyographic measurements from subjects with spinal cord injury during voluntary motor tasks

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-421

  Lim, Hyun Kyoon ^a,b,c   Sherwood, Arthur M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Electromyography; Lower limb; Muscle (voluntary); Quantitative evaluation; Rehabilitation; Reliability; Similarity index; Spinal cord injury; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LOWER LIMBS; MUSCLE(VOLUNTARY); QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VOLITION;

EID: 31444436957     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2004.07.0079     Document Type: Article

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