The comparison of wavelet- and Fourier-based electromyographic indices of back muscle fatigue during dynamic contractions: Validity and reliability results

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 147-162

  da Silva, R A ^a,b   Larivière, Christian ^a,c   Arsenault, A B ^a,b   Nadeau, S ^a,b   Plamondon, A ^c  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic contraction; Fourier transform; Muscle fatigue; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXHAUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THORACIC SPINE; TRUNK; VALIDITY; WAVELET TRANSFORM;

EID: 44649193876     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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