Kinesiological surface electromyography in normal children: Range of normal activity and pattern analysis

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-445

  Chang, Wei Ning ^a,b   Lipton, Jill Schuyler ^c   Tsirikos, Athanasios I ^d   Miller, Freeman ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic electromyography; Gait; Normal; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34249823957     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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