Atlas of Muscle Innervation Zones Understanding Surface Electromyography and Its Applications /

• Main Authors: Barbero, Marco (Author), Merletti, Roberto (Author), Rainoldi, Alberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Pain medicine.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.

Invasive electromyography is a well-established diagnostic tool that has been used for decades by neurologists. Recently, new and alternative devices have increasingly become available that permit diagnosis without the use of needles. This developing area of science and the new tools have not, howev...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Applications of Surface EMG
• Basic Concepts Concerning Fields and Potential Distributions of Stationary and Moving Point Sources
• Generation, Propagation, and Extinction of Single-Fiber and Motor Unit Action Potentials.-  EMG Imaging: Geometry and Anatomy of the Electrode-Muscle System.-  Features of the Single-Channel sEMG Signal
• Features of the Two-Dimensional sEMG Signal: EMG Feature Imaging.-  Applications of sEMG in Dynamic Conditions, Ergonomics, Sports, and Obstetrics.