Amplification of background EMG activity affects the interpretation of H-reflex gain

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1219-1222

  Tahayori, Behdad ^a   Kitano, Koichi ^a   Hong, Siang L ^a   Koceja, David M ^a  

^a HPER   (United States)

Author keywords

Background EMG; Bifurcation; H reflex; H reflex gain; Surface electrode

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SITTING; SPECTROMETRY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; POSTURE;

EID: 77957020068     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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