Optimal placement of bipolar surface EMG electrodes in the face based on single motor unit analysis

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-314

  Lapatki, Bernd G ^a,b   Oostenveld, Robert ^c   Van Dijk, Johannes P ^b   Jonas, Irmtrud E ^a   Zwarts, MacHiel J ^b   Stegeman, Dick F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG; Methodology; Normal volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349110324     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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