Chapter 12 Multichannel surface EMG

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2003, Pages 245-268

  Stegeman, Dick F ^a,c   Houtman, Caroline J ^a,c   Lapatki, Bernd G ^a,b,c   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Interuniversity Institute of Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences (IFKB)   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77957201076     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(09)70122-4     Document Type: Article

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