Frequency features of mechanomyographic signals of human soleus muscle during quiet standing

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Kouzaki, Motoki ^a,b   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross spectral analysis; Mechanomyogram; Postural sway; Recurring muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 48049099906     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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