Abnormal EMG-force slope estimates in the first dorsal interosseous of hemiparetic stroke survivors

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3562-3565

  Suresh, Nina L ^a   Zhou, Ping ^b   Rymer, W Zev ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

BRAIN INJURY; FIRING RATES; HAND MUSCLES; MOST LIKELY; MUSCLE FORCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS; STROKE SURVIVORS; SURFACE EMG;

MUSCLE;

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARM; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PARESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 61849183134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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