Mechanomyography sensor development, related signal processing, and applications: A systematic review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2499-2516

  Islam, Md Anamul ^a   Sundaraj, Kenneth ^a   Ahmad, R Badlishah ^a   Ahamed, Nizam Uddin ^a   Ali, Md Asraf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mechanomyography; muscle characteristics assessment; prosthesis control; sensor development; signal processing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICES; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS; PROSTHESIS CONTROL; SENSOR DEVELOPMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS; DIAGNOSIS; MUSCLE; PROSTHETICS; RESEARCH; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 84879066156     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2255982     Document Type: Article

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