Estimation of average muscle fiber conduction velocity from simulated surface EMG in pinnate muscles

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Mesin, Luca ^a   Damiano, Luisa ^a   Farina, Dario ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Electromyography; Modeling; Pinnation angle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; PINNATE MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 33846930817     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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