Surface electromyography and muscle force: Limits in sEMG-force relationship and new approaches for applications

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Disselhorst Klug, Catherine ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Rau, Günter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co activation; Crosstalk; Fatigue; Movement quality; Muscle length; sEMG force relationship; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

CO-ACTIVATION; FATIGUE; MOVEMENT QUALITY; SEMG-FORCE RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE EMG;

APPLICATIONS; BIOMECHANICS; CROSSTALK;

MUSCLE;

ACCURACY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIT; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

EID: 60649089244     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.08.003     Document Type: Review

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