Detecting the unique representation of motor-unit action potentials in the surface electromyogram

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1223-1233

  Farina, Dario ^a   Negro, Francesco ^a   Gazzoni, Marco ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56249109126     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90219.2008     Document Type: Article

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