Wrist torque estimation during simultaneous and continuously changing movements: Surface vs. untargeted intramuscular EMG

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2658-2665

  Kamavuako, Ernest N ^a   Scheme, Erik J ^b   Englehart, Kevin B ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic movement; Intramuscular EMG; Simultaneous movement; Surface electromyography; Torque and force estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGREE OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TORQUE; WRIST TORQUE ESTIMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TORQUE; WRIST;

EID: 84878637745     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00086.2013     Document Type: Article

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