Muscle fatigue and contraction intensity modulates the complexity of surface electromyography

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-83

  Cashaback, Joshua G A ^a   Cluff, Tyler ^a   Potvin, Jim R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Information theory; Multiscale entropy; Statistical optimization; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 84873199800     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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