The effects of notch filtering on electrically evoked myoelectric signals and associated motor unit index estimates

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Rymer, William Z ^a,b   Li, Guanglin ^c   Zhou, Ping ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 81555230343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-8-64     Document Type: Article

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