Characterization of pathological tremor from motor unit spike trains

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 34 IFMBE, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-44

  Dideriksen, J L ^a   Gallego, J A ^b   Farina, D ^a,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

electromyography; motor unit; neuromuscular model; Tremor

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; IN-VIVO; MOTOR UNIT; NEURAL OSCILLATIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR MODELS; PATHOLOGICAL TREMORS; SPIKE TRAIN; SURFACE EMG; TREMOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHYSICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79959930782     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21683-1_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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