Reliability of normalisation methods for EMG analysis of neck muscles

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Netto, Kevin J ^a   Burnett, Angus F ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical; Electromyography; Neck; Normalisation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; AUSTRALIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645280652     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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