Fundamental concepts of bipolar and high-Density surface EMG understanding and teaching for clinical, occupational, and sport applications: Origin, detection, and …

I Campanini, A Merlo, C Disselhorst-Klug, L Mesin… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surface electromyography (sEMG) has been the subject of thousands of scientific articles,
but many barriers limit its clinical applications. Previous work has indicated that the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Tutorial: Analysis of central and peripheral motor unit properties from decomposed High-Density surface EMG signals with openhdemg

G Valli, P Ritsche, A Casolo, F Negro… - … of Electromyography and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract High-Density surface Electromyography (HD-sEMG) is the most established
technique for the non-invasive analysis of single motor unit (MU) activity in humans. It …

Characterization of motor unit firing and twitch properties for decoding musculoskeletal force in the human ankle joint in vivo

A Gogeascoechea… - … on Neural Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding how motor units (MUs) contribute to skeletal mechanical force is crucial for
unraveling the underlying mechanism of human movement. Alterations in MU firing …

Translation of surface electromyography to clinical and motor rehabilitation applications: The need for new clinical figures

R Merletti, F Temporiti, R Gatti, S Gupta… - Translational …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Advanced sensors/electrodes and signal processing techniques provide powerful tools to
analyze surface electromyographic signals (sEMG) and their features, to decompose sEMG …

Motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

K Watanabe, M Gazzoni, A Holobar… - Muscle & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: We investigated the motor unit (MU) firing pattern in type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) patients by means of multichannel surface electromyography (SEMG). Methods …

Reliability of surface electromyography in estimating muscle fiber conduction velocity: A systematic review

M Beretta-Piccoli, C Cescon, M Barbero… - … of Electromyography and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to review the literature (1) to determine whether surface
electromyography (sEMG) is a reliable tool for estimating muscle fiber conduction velocity …

Surgical quadriceps lengthening can reduce quadriceps spasticity in chronic stroke patients. A case-control study

A Merlo, M Galletti, P Zerbinati, P Prati… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Muscle overactivity is one of the positive signs of upper motor neuron lesions. In
these patients, the loss of muscle length and extensibility resulting from soft tissue …

Outcome measures for assessing the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions on equinus foot deformity in post-stroke patients with triceps surae spasticity: A …

I Campanini, MC Bò, MC Bassi, B Damiano, S Scaltriti… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objective Equinus foot deformity (EFD) is the most common deviation after stroke. Several
physiotherapy interventions have been suggested to treat it. However, studies evaluating the …

Force control of quadriceps muscle is bilaterally impaired in subacute stroke

JW Chow, DS Stokic - Journal of Applied Physiology, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
We tested the hypothesis that force variability and error during maintenance of submaximal
isometric knee extension are greater in subacute stroke patients than in controls and are …

Variability, frequency composition, and complexity of submaximal isometric knee extension force from subacute to chronic stroke

JW Chow, DS Stokic - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
We examined changes in the variability, frequency composition, and complexity of force
signal from subacute to chronic stage of stroke during maintenance of isometric knee …