Tutorial. Surface electromyogram (sEMG) amplitude estimation: Best practices

EA Clancy, EL Morin, G Hajian, R Merletti - Journal of Electromyography …, 2023 - Elsevier
This tutorial intends to provide insight, instructions and “best practices” for those who are
novices—including clinicians, engineers and non-engineers—in extracting electromyogram …

Physical and electrophysiological motor unit characteristics are revealed with simultaneous high-density electromyography and ultrafast ultrasound imaging

M Carbonaro, KM Meiburger, S Seoni… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Electromyography and ultrasonography provide complementary information about
electrophysiological and physical (ie anatomical and mechanical) muscle properties. In this …

Age-related changes in motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle during low-moderate contraction

K Watanabe, A Holobar, M Kouzaki, M Ogawa… - Age, 2016 - Springer
Age-related changes in motor unit activation properties remain unclear for locomotor
muscles such as quadriceps muscles, although these muscles are preferentially atrophied …

Ischemic conditioning increases strength and volitional activation of paretic muscle in chronic stroke: a pilot study

AS Hyngstrom, SA Murphy, J Nguyen… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Ischemic conditioning (IC) on the arm or leg has emerged as an intervention to improve
strength and performance in healthy populations, but the effects on neurological populations …

Relationships between muscle strength and multi-channel surface EMG parameters in eighty-eight elderly

K Watanabe, M Kouzaki, M Ogawa, H Akima… - European Review of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Since age-related muscle strength loss cannot be explained solely by muscle
atrophy, other determinants would also contribute to muscle strength in elderly. The present …

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 …

Differential changes with age in multiscale entropy of electromyography signals from leg muscles during treadmill walking

HG Kang, JB Dingwell - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Age-related gait changes may be due to the loss of complexity in the neuromuscular system.
This theory is disputed due to inconsistent results from single-scale analyses. Also …

The effect of a portable electrical muscle stimulation device at home on muscle strength and activation patterns in locomotive syndrome patients: A randomized control …

Y Nishikawa, K Watanabe, S Kawade… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to quantify the effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS)
intervention using a portable device on muscle strength and activation patterns in …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients manifest characteristic spatial EMG potential distribution pattern during sustained isometric contraction

K Watanabe, T Miyamoto, Y Tanaka, K Fukuda… - Diabetes research and …, 2012 - Elsevier
AIM: The purpose of the present study is to investigate spatial surface electromyography
(SEMG) potential distribution pattern in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. METHODS …

Effects of 7-day quercetin intervention on motor unit activity and muscle contractile properties before and after resistance exercise in young adults randomized …

T Nishikawa, T Hirono, R Takeda… - Applied Physiology …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
We investigated whether the alteration of the motor unit recruitment threshold (MURT)
caused by quercetin ingestion intervention for 7 days modifies motor unit activation patterns …