Feature selection for motor unit potential train characterization

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 680-690

  Abdelmaseeh, Meena ^a   Smith, Benn ^b   Stashuk, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor unit potential morphology; Motor unit potential train features; Motor unit potential train stability; Muscle characterization; Needle electromyography

Indexed keywords

MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL TRAIN FEATURES; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL TRAIN STABILITY; MUSCLE CHARACTERIZATION; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84898805902     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23977     Document Type: Article

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