The influence of electrode shift over the innervation zone and normalization on the electromyographic amplitude and mean power frequency versus isometric torque relationships for the vastus medialis muscle

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Housh, Terry J ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^a   Mielke, Michelle ^b   Hendrix, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Electrode array; Electromyography; Frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 39749138196     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.023     Document Type: Article

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