Reliability of quantitative EMG analysis of the extensor carpi radialis muscle

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 483-493

  Calder, Kristina M ^a   Agnew, Michael J ^b   Stashuk, Daniel W ^c   McLean, Linda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition based quantitative electromyography; Electromyography; Motor unit; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38749089470     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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