Experimental analysis of accuracy in the identification of motor unit spike trains from high-density surface EMG

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Holobar, Ale ^a   Minetto, Marco Alessandro ^b,c   Botter, Alberto ^b   Negro, Francesco ^d   Farina, Dario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomedical signal analysis; High density surface electromyography (EMG); Intramuscular EMG; Motor unit; Signal resolution

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONTRACTION FORCE; EMG SIGNAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FORCE LEVEL; FORCE-TASK; HIGH-DENSITY; INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; INTER-SPIKE INTERVAL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT SIGNALS; SELF-CONSISTENCY; SPIKE TRAIN; SURFACE EMG; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; WIRE ELECTRODE;

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953265473     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2041593     Document Type: Article

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