A Comparative Evaluation of Sonomyography, Electromyography, Force, and Wrist Angle in a Discrete Tracking Task

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 884-891

  Guo, Jing Yi ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a   Kenney, Laurence P J ^b   Bowen, Audrey ^c   Howard, David ^c   Canderle, Jiri J ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d The I COM International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Electromyography; EMG; Muscle; Prosthetic control; SMG; Sonomyography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROSTHETICS; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

AUDITORY ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; PROSTHETIC CONTROLS; SONOMYOGRAPHY; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONOMYOGRAPHY; WRIST;

EID: 79956092993     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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