Simulation analysis of interference EMG during fatiguing voluntary contractions. Part I: What do the intramuscular spike amplitude-frequency histograms reflect?

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Dimitrov, G V ^a   Arabadzhiev, T I ^a   Hogrel, J Y ^b   Dimitrova, N A ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Firing frequency; Intracellular action potential; Intramuscular detection; Muscle fatigue; Spike amplitude frequency histogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049071063     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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