Intramuscular fine-wire electromyography during cycling: Repeatability, normalisation and a comparison to surface electromyography

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-117

  Chapman, Andrew R ^a,b,c   Vicenzino, Bill ^a   Blanch, Peter ^b   Knox, Joanna J ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude normalisation; Cycling; Electrode placement; Fine wire electromyography (EMG); Muscle recruitment; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINE WIRE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71349086016     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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