Multichannel SEMG in clinical gait analysis: A review and state-of-the-art

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-245

  Frigo, Carlo ^a   Crenna, Paolo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Gait analysis; Locomotion; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ,; CLINICAL EVALUATIONS; GAIT FUNCTIONS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDINGS; MULTICHANNEL; MYO-ELECTRIC SIGNALS; NEURO-MUSCULAR DISORDERS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPASTICITY; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TENDONS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; TENDON;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARESIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 60949091431     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.07.012     Document Type: Review

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