Alterations in the peak amplitude distribution of the surface electromyogram poststroke

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 845-852

  Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Suresh, Aneesha ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a,b,c   Rymer, William Zev ^a,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude distribution; Peak detection; Stroke; Surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; CHRONIC STROKE SURVIVORS; ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS; PEAK DETECTION; RECORDING SYSTEMS; STROKE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS;

MUSCLE;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE;

EID: 84884614892     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2205249     Document Type: Article

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