Trapezius muscle EMG as predictor of mental stress

Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wijsman, Jacqueline ^a   Grundlehner, Bernard ^a   Penders, Julien ^a   Hermens, Hermie ^b  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Mental stress; Upper trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; EMG AMPLITUDE; MEDIAN FREQUENCY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS; STRESS CONDITION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84881278878     PISSN: 15399087     EISSN: 15583465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2485984.2485987     Document Type: Article

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