Characterization of Human Motor Units from Surface EMG Decomposition

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 353-373

  Farina, Dario ^a   Holobar, Ales ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONS;

FUNCTIONAL UNITS; INTERFERENCE SIGNAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONTROL; PATHOLOGICAL TREMORS; PROCESSING METHOD; SYNAPTIC INPUT; WIRE ELECTRODE;

BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION;

EID: 84962119272     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2015.2498665     Document Type: Review

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