Standardising surface electromyogram recordings for assessment of activity and fatigue in the human upper trapezius muscle.

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Published in Eur J Appl Physiol on February 19, 2002

Authors

Dario Farina1, Pascal Madeleine, Thomas Graven-Nielsen, Roberto Merletti, Lars Arendt-Nielsen

Author Affiliations

1: Centro di Bioingegneria, Dept. of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy. farina@athena.polito.it

Associated clinical trials:

Quantitative Ultrasound Response of Capsaicin (QUROC) | NCT03944889

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