Use of neck strap muscle intermuscular coherence as an indicator of vocal hyperfunction

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-335

  Stepp, Cara E ^a   Hillman, Robert E ^b,c   Heaton, James T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor drives; Surface electromyography; Vocal system

Indexed keywords

HYPER-FUNCTION; MOTOR DRIVE; NECK STRAPS; SPEECH PRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS SPEECH; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; VOCAL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC DRIVES; MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK; SPEECH; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953258662     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2039605     Document Type: Article

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