The effect of the estimated innervation zone on EMG amplitude and center frequency

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1282-1290

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^b   Weir, Joseph P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrode location; Electromyography; Isometric; Normalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548324111     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31806865f2     Document Type: Article

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