Interpretation of surface EMGs in children with cerebral palsy: An initial study using a fuzzy expert system

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-447

  Schmidt Rohlfing, Bernhard ^a   Bergamo, Ferdinand ^a   Williams, Sybele ^a   Erli, Hans J ^a   Rau, Günther ^a   Niethard, Fritz U ^a   Disselhorst Klug, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Expert system; Fuzzy logic; Gait analysis; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645748200     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20043     Document Type: Article

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