Robust decomposition of single-channel intramuscular EMG signals at low force levels

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Marateb, Hamid R ^a,b   Muceli, Silvia ^c,d   McGill, Kevin C ^e   Merletti, Roberto ^b   Farina, Dario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS FEMORIS; DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DENSITY-BASED; DENSITY-BASED CLUSTERING; DENSITY-BASED METHOD; DISCHARGE TIME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMG SIGNAL; FORCE LEVEL; HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS; MULTI-UNIT; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCEDURES; PRE-SETTING; SINGLE-CHANNEL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; VASTUS MEDIALIS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRAMUSCULAR ELECTROMYOGRAM; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855221518     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/6/066015     Document Type: Article

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