Reliability of lower limb electromyography during overground walking: A comparison of maximal- and sub-maximal normalisation techniques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 749-756

  Murley, George S ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a   Landorf, Karl B ^a   Bird, Adam R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait; Muscle activity; Reliability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AMPLITUDE PARAMETERS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; EMG AMPLITUDE; GAIT; GAIT CYCLES; ISOMETRIC VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; LEG MUSCLES; LOWER LIMB; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NORMALISATION; REFERENCE TECHNIQUE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SURFACE ELECTRODE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; VARIABILITY; WALKING SPEED;

ELECTRODES; MUSCLE; RELIABILITY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; RELIABILITY; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952507281     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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