Chapter 3 Biological basis for motor unit number estimation through Bayesian statistical analysis of the stimulus-response curve

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 60, Issue C, 2009, Pages 39-45

  McCombe, P A ^a   Henderson, R D ^b   Ridall, P G ^c   Pettitt, A N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 77956620511     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(08)00003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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