Spectrum of the nonstationary electromyographic signal modelled with integral pulse frequency modulation and its application to estimating neural drive information

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jiang, Ning ^a   Parker, Philip A ^a   Englehart, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integral pulse frequency modulation; Myoelectric control; Nonstationary myoelectric signal; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67349175303     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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