Using two-dimensional spatial information in decomposition of surface EMG signals

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-548

  Kleine, Bert U ^a,b   van Dijk, Johannes P ^a,b   Lapatki, Bernd G ^a,b,c   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a,b   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; High density surface EMG; Linear array electrode; Motor neuron firing pattern; Motor unit action potential; Spatial filter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

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

EID: 34547525320     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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