Electrode placement over the innervation zone affects the low-, not the high-frequency portion of the EMG frequency spectrum

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 660-666

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Housh, Terry J ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Ryan, Eric D ^a   Herda, Trent J ^a   Costa, Pablo B ^a   Defreitas, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrode array; Frequency; Innervation zone; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349171831     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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