Automatic detection of muscle activity from mechanomyogram signals: A comparison of amplitude and wavelet-based methods

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-476

  Alves, Natasha ^a   Chau, Tom ^b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous wavelet transform; Event detection; Mechanomyogram; Muscle activity; RMS; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

DYNAMOMETERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; EVENTS DETECTION; MECHANOMYOGRAM; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCLE COORDINATION; RMS; WAVELET; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 77949803085     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/4/001     Document Type: Article

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