Motor unit acceleration maps and interference mechanomyographic distribution

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2843-2849

  Farina, Dario ^a   Li, Xi ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Motor unit; Multi channel MMG; Spike triggered averaging

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCELEROMETERS; MOTOR UNIT; MULTI-CHANNEL MMG; SPIKE-TRIGGERED AVERAGING;

MOTORS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51049121571     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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