Interpreting muscle function from EMG: Lessons learned from direct measurements of muscle force

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-320

  Roberts, Thomas J ^a   Gabaldón, Annette M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

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MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 49449091623     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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