Examination of motor unit control properties in stroke survivors using surface EMG decomposition: A preliminary report

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8243-8246

  Suresh, Nina ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^b   Zhou, Ping ^c   Rymer, William Zev ^c  

^a RIC   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

firing rate; motor unit; motor unit recruitment; stroke; surface EMG

Indexed keywords

FIRING RATES; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT RECRUITMENT; STROKE; SURFACE EMG;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; NEURONS; SENSOR ARRAYS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STROKE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURVIVORS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84861660835     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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