Using spike-triggered averaging to characterize motor unit twitch vectors in the first dorsal interosseous

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3604-3607

  Suresh, Nina ^a   Kuo, Art ^b   Heckman, C J ^c   Rymer, William Zev ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

first dorsal interosseous; motor unit; motor unit twitch; spike triggered averaging; twitch force

Indexed keywords

FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS; FORCE VECTORS; LOAD CELLS; MECHANICAL ACTION; MOTOR UNIT; RATE PROPERTIES; SPIKE-TRIGGERED AVERAGING; TWITCH FORCE;

ESTIMATION; MUSCLE;

VECTORS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84870791564     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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