Decoding the neural drive to muscles from the surface electromyogram

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1616-1623

  Farina, Dario ^a   Holobar, Aleš ^b,c   Merletti, Roberto ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude cancellation; Decomposition; EMG; Motor unit; Spike train

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956174292     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.040     Document Type: Review

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