Time- and frequency-domain monitoring of the myoelectric signal during a long-duration, cyclic, force-varying, fatiguing hand-grip task

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 789-797

  Clancy, Edward A ^a   Bertolina, Mark V ^a   Merletti, Roberto ^b   Farina, Dario ^c  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; EMG; Fatigue; Force varying contraction; Power spectrum; Whitening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 50649089145     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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