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JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 611-617Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.02.001
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electromyography; membrane dynamics; motor units; muscular co-ordination
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This paper aims to address some of the possibilities and limitations of EMG technologies available to date. Considerable progress has been achieved in this field during the last 30 years and EMG signals can be easily obtained on different levels beginning at the cell membrane and ending with the global EMG associated with the movement itself. Different aspects from cell to movement have been considered in this paper. Highly selective needle EMG for the detection of the processes at the membrane is discussed as well as high spatial resolution EMG which gives non-invasive access to the acquisition of the single motor unit activity. On the highest level of muscles, an expert system is introduced as a novel approach to support the interpretation of muscular coordination as detected by conventional surface EMG. While there is a high potential in the newly developed EMG methodologies, it is a big challenge to utilize these methodologies in order to obtain detailed, repeatable, reliable-and meaningful-results. However, the risk of over- and misinterpretation has to be carefully considered. In this paper, this risk is exemplified in situations dealing with muscle fatigue, conduction velocity and cross-talk. Despite all the new possibilities available, the authors recommend that EMG with its inherent strengths and limitations should still be diligently, but carefully, used. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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