Motor unit tracking with high-density surface EMG

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 920-930

  Maathuis, Ellen M ^a   Drenthen, Judith ^a   van Dijk, Johannes P ^b,c   Visser, Gerhard H ^a   Blok, Joleen H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High density surface EMG; Motor unit; Motor unit tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HIGH DENSITY SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 56249093786     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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