The effect of epoch length on the electromyographic mean power frequency and amplitude versus time relationships

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Hendrix, C Russel ^a   Housh, T J ^a   Johnson, G O ^a   Mielke, M ^b   Zuniga, J M ^a   Camic, C L ^a   Schmidt, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lineair regression; Slope coefficient; Submaximal, continuous, fatiguing, isometric muscle actions; Y intercept

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; LEG; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954930830     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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