A computational model and simulation study of the efferent activity in the brachial nerves during voluntary motor intent

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Zhou, Rui ^a,b   Jiang, Ning ^a,c   Englehart, Kevin ^a   Parker, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pattern recognition; Peripheral nerve system; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MOTOR CONTROL; MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS; NEURAL SIGNAL RECOGNITION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SIMULATION; SPIKE DETECTION; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TIME DOMAIN; UPPER LIMBS; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

ABERRATIONS; MOTORS; MUSCLE; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77649233854     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0555-8     Document Type: Article

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