Reliability of EMG determinism to detect changes in motor unit synchrony and coherence during submaximal contraction

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-246

  Schmied, Annie ^a   Descarreaux, Martin ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coherence; EMG determinism; Human; Motor unit; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952498236     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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