Power spectral analysis of surface electromyography (EMG) at matched contraction levels of the first dorsal interosseous muscle in stroke survivors

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 988-994

  Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Shin, Henry ^b   Zhou, Ping ^a,c,d   Niu, Xun ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Rymer, William Zev ^a,b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

First dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle; Spectral analysis; Stroke; Surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PARESIS; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURVIVOR; ABDUCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; POWER SPECTRUM;

FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS (FDI) MUSCLE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG);

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE; SURVIVORS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897557824     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.09.044     Document Type: Article

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