Motor unit synchronous firing as revealed by determinism of surface myoelectric signal

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Del Santo, F ^a   Gelli, F ^a   Schmied, A ^b   Vedel, J P ^b   Rossi, A ^a   Mazzocchio, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Physiologie et physiopathologie du Mouvement   (France)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Determinism; EMG recording; l acetylcarnitine; Single motor unit recording; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33744910567     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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