Decomposing Muscle Activity in Motor TasksMethods and Interpretation

Motor Control: Theories, Experiments, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ting, Lena H ^a   Chvatal, Stacie A ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data decomposition; Dimensional analysis; Linear decomposition; Movement; Multivariate data sets; Muscle coordination; Non negative matrix factorization; Principle components analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395273.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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