Tutorial: Analysis of motor unit discharge characteristics from high-density surface EMG signals

A Del Vecchio, A Holobar, D Falla, F Felici… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent work demonstrated that it is possible to identify motor unit discharge times from high-
density surface EMG (HDEMG) decomposition. Since then, the number of studies that use …

Characterization of human motor units from surface EMG decomposition

D Farina, A Holobar - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motor units are the smallest functional units of our movements. The study of their activation
provides a window into the mechanisms of neural control of movement in humans. The …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical and electrophysiological investigation of tremor

G Deuschl, JS Becktepe, M Dirkx… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The various forms of tremor are now classified in two axes: clinical characteristics (axis 1)
and etiology (axis 2). Electrophysiology is an extension of the clinical exam …

Spinal motoneurons of the human newborn are highly synchronized during leg movements

A Del Vecchio, F Sylos-Labini, V Mondì, P Paolillo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Motoneurons of neonatal rodents show synchronous activity that modulates the
development of the neuromuscular system. However, the characteristics of the activity of …

High-density surface electromyography provides reliable estimates of motor unit behavior

E Martinez-Valdes, CM Laine, D Falla, F Mayer… - Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the intra-and inter-session reliability of estimates of motor unit behavior
and muscle fiber properties derived from high-density surface electromyography (HDEMG) …

Peripheral electrical stimulation to reduce pathological tremor: a review

A Pascual-Valdunciel, GW Hoo, S Avrillon… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Interventions to reduce tremor in essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease (PD) clinical
populations often utilize pharmacological or surgical therapies. However, there can be …

Motor unit identification from high-density surface electromyograms in repeated dynamic muscle contractions

V Glaser, A Holobar - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the method for identification of motor unit (MU) firings from high-density surface
electromyograms (hdEMG), recorded during repeated dynamic muscle contractions. A new …

[HTML][HTML] An acute randomized controlled trial of noninvasive peripheral nerve stimulation in essential tremor

R Pahwa, R Dhall, J Ostrem, R Gwinn, K Lyons… - … : Technology at the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a wrist-worn peripheral nerve
stimulation device in patients with essential tremor (ET) in a single in-office session …

Sensing and decoding the neural drive to paralyzed muscles during attempted movements of a person with tetraplegia using a sleeve array

JE Ting, A Del Vecchio, D Sarma… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Motor neurons convey information about motor intent that can be extracted and interpreted
to control assistive devices. However, most methods for measuring the firing activity of single …

A review on wearable technologies for tremor suppression

JS Lora-Millan, G Delgado-Oleas, J Benito-León… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tremor is defined as a rhythmic, involuntary oscillatory movement of a body part. Although
everyone exhibits a certain degree of tremor, some pathologies lead to very disabling …