A note on the probability distribution function of the surface electromyogram signal

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-91

  Nazarpour, Kianoush ^a   Al Timemy, Ali H ^b   Bugmann, Guido ^b   Jackson, Andrew ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyogram signal; Higher order statistics; Probability distribution function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERNEL METHOD; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870540979     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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