Variability in surface electromyogram during gait analysis of low back pain patients

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Arjunan, Sridhar Poosapadi ^a   Kumar, Dinesh Kant ^a   Poon, Wai Ming ^a   Rudolph, Heiko ^a   Hu, Yong ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Low back pain (LBP); Surface electromyogram (SEMG); Variance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF THE VARIANCES; ERECTOR SPINAE; LOW-BACK PAIN; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM (SEMG); VARIANCE;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 77956459149     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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