Surface electromyography: Why, when and how to use it;la electromiografía de superficie: ¿qué es, qué se busca con ella y cómo usarla?

Revista Andaluza de Medicina del Deporte

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Cavalcanti Garcia, M A ^a   Vieira, T M M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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