A finite element model for describing the effect of muscle shortening on surface EMG

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-600

  Mesin, Luca ^b,e   Joubert, Michelle ^c   Hanekom, Tania ^c   Merletti, Roberto ^b   Farina, Dario ^a,d,f  

^a IEEE   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e Laboratory for Neuromuscular System Engineering   (Italy)

^f International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Finite elements; Modeling

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN FUNCTION; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; MODELING; SURFACE EMG;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TENSORS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33645281968     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.870256     Document Type: Article

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