Title :
The Computation of Muscle Activity from the Integrated Electromyogram
Author :
Fink, B.R. ; Scheiner, M.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, N.Y.
Abstract :
The integration of a signal of varying pulse amplitude and frequency is discussed. Several solutions are considered, and a method is described in which an accurate integration is obtained with a circuit of short time constant and virtually infinite decay time.
Keywords :
Circuits; Detectors; Electric potential; Electromyography; Frequency; Helium; Humans; Muscles; Stress; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Medical Electronics, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/IRET-ME.1959.5007936