Continuous monitoring of electromyography (EMG), mechanomyography (MMG), sonomyography (SMG) and torque output during ramp and step isometric contractions

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1032-1042

  Guo, Jing Yi ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a   Xie, Hong Bo ^a,b   Chen, Xin ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Mechanomyography (MMG); Muscle; Soft tissue; Sonomyography (SMG); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ARCHITECTURAL PARAMETERS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; SOFT TISSUE; SONOMYOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SONOMYOGRAPHY; TORQUE;

EID: 78049256265     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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