Location of innervation zone determined with multichannel surface electromyography using an optical flow technique

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Östlund, Nils ^a,b,c   Gerdle, Björn ^c   Stefan Karlsson, J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Innervation zone; Multichannel; Optical flow; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 34547514112     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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