Amplitude cancellation reduces the size of motor unit potentials averaged from the surface EMG

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1928-1937

  Keenan, Kevin G ^a   Farina, Dario ^b   Merletti, Roberto ^c   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Hand; Model; Spike triggered average; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744900072     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01282.2005     Document Type: Article

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