Spectral analysis of point processes: Motor unit activity and heart rate analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-248

  Rose, William ^a   Knight, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

fast fourier transform; Firing rate; heart rate; motor neuron; point process fourier transform; rate coding; respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751641228     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181edb674     Document Type: Article

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