A method to estimate EMG crosstalk between two muscles based on the silent period following an H-reflex

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1331-1336

  Mezzarane, Rinaldo André ^a   Kohn, André Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Human; Posture; RMS; Soleus

Indexed keywords

DISTANT SOURCE; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN POSTURES; MUSCLE ACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEW PROTOCOL; REFLEX DISCHARGE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

CROSSTALK; INSTRUMENT SCALES; TARGETS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70449703232     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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