The effect of signal acquisition and processing choices on ApEn values: Towards a "gold standard" for distinguishing effort levels from isometric force records

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 676-683

  Forrest, Sarah M ^a   Challis, John H ^b   Winter, Samantha L ^a,c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; First dorsal interosseus; Isometric muscle force

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS;

APPROXIMATE ENTROPY; COMPLEXITY; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEUS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; MUSCLE FORCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS;

SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APPROXIMATE ENTROPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEUS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; DYNAMOMETER; ENTROPY; EXERCISE; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900835580     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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