Automatic decomposition of multichannel intramuscular EMG signals

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Florestal, J R ^a   Mathieu, P A ^a   McGill, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; EMG; Motor unit action potential; Multichannel

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56049116503     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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