Reproducibility of surface EMG variables in isometric sub-maximal contractions of jaw elevator muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 498-505

  Castroflorio, T ^a,b   Icardi, K ^a   Becchino, B ^a   Merlo, E ^c   Debernardi, C ^a   Bracco, P ^a   Farina, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Force measure; Linear arrays; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERIMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 33747828445     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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