Reliability of mechanomyography and triaxial accelerometry in the assessment of balance

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 726-731

  Jeffrey Armstrong, W ^a   McGregor, Stephen J ^b   Yaggie, James A ^c   Bailey, Jerry J ^a   Johnson, Sean M ^a   Goin, Aleta M ^a   Kelly, Samuel R ^a  

^a WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Muscle activity; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR CONTROL; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77952954788     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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