The European project 'Neuromuscular assessment in the elderly worker' (NEW): Achievements in electromyogram signal acquisition, modelling and processing

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-431

  Merletti, R ^a   Benvenuti, F ^b   Doncarli, C ^c   Disselhorst Klug, C ^d   Ferrabone, R ^e   Hermens, H J ^f   Kadefors, R ^g   Laubli T ^h   Orizio, C ⁱ   Sjogaard G ^j   Zazula, D ^k  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b National Institute for the Elderly   (Italy)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Sirio Automazione   (Italy)

^f ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^h ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST CONTROL; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENGINEERING; EUROPEAN UNION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RETIREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORKER;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4444342763     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350983     Document Type: Editorial

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