Mechanical instability destabilises the ankle joint directly in the ankle-sprain mechanism

D Gehring, K Faschian, B Lauber, H Lohrer… - British journal of sports …, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Despite massive research efforts, it remains unclear how mechanical ankle
instability (MAI) and functional ankle instability (FAI) affect joint control in the situation of …

[HTML][HTML] The assessment of muscular effort, fatigue, and physiological adaptation using EMG and wavelet analysis

RB Graham, MP Wachowiak, BJ Gurd - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1α) is a
transcription factor co-activator that helps coordinate mitochondrial biogenesis within …

Effects of motor practice on learning a dynamic balance task in healthy young adults: A wavelet-based time-frequency analysis

D Brueckner, B Göpfert, R Kiss, T Muehlbauer - Gait & posture, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Previous research showed changes in amplitude-or time-derived measures of
electromyographic (EMG) activity with motor learning. However, an analysis of the EMG …

Classification of muscle activity based on effort level during constant pace running

LM Stirling, V von Tscharner, PF Kugler… - … of Electromyography and …, 2011 - Elsevier
During running, psychologic and physiologic changes are manifested in the perception of
effort, muscle properties and movement strategies. The latter two aspects are expressed as …

Surface electromyography based analysis of muscle fiber type variations in the lower limb muscles of sprinters using gray level transformed Morlet scalogram images …

RR Nair, PA Karthick, N Ganapathy… - … Signal Processing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Fiber-type transformations can happen in muscles due to athletic training and
certain muscle diseases. This study aims to analyze the muscle fiber type variations in the …

[HTML][HTML] Multiparameter electromyography analysis of the masticatory muscle activities in patients with brainstem stroke at different head positions

C Jian, M Wei, J Luo, J Lin, W Zeng, W Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The performance of the masticatory muscle is frequently affected and presents high
heterogeneity poststroke. Surface electromyography (EMG) is widely used to quantify …

Muscular timing and inter-muscular coordination in healthy females while walking

C Huber, C Nüesch, B Göpfert, PC Cattin… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2011 - Elsevier
The dynamic interplay between muscles surrounding the knee joint, the central nervous
system and external factors require a control strategy to generate and stabilise the preferred …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency shifts in muscle activation during static strength elements on the rings before and after an eccentric training intervention in male gymnasts

B Göpfert, C Schärer, L Tacchelli, M Gross… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - mdpi.com
During ring performance in men's gymnastics, static strength elements require a high level of
maximal muscular strength. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of a four-week …

Wavelet analysis of quadriceps power spectra and amplitude under varying levels of contraction intensity and velocity

R Croce, J Miller, K Chamberlin, D Filipovic… - Muscle & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: We investigated the effect of contraction intensity [100%, 75%, 50%, and 25%
maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)] and movement velocity (50°, 100°, 200°, and 400°/s) …

Influence of the scale function on wavelet transformation of the surface electromyographic signal

J Frère, B Göpfert, J Slawinski… - Computer methods in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The scale function in wavelet transformation (WT) determines wavelet dilation and optimises
the processing of a given signal. Here, the objective was to determine the influence of the …