Test-retest reliability of wavelet - and Fourier based EMG (instantaneous) median frequencies in the evaluation of back and hip muscle fatigue during isometric back extensions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 798-806

  Coorevits, Pascal ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^b   Ramon, Herman ^c   Druyts, Hans ^c   Karlsson, J Stefan ^d   De Moor, Georges ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Muscle fatigue; Reliability; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 50649107049     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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