The EMG as a Window to the Brain: Signal Processing Tools to Enhance the View

The paper discusses processing tools for electromyographic signals (EMG) with particular consideration of needle EMG and its decomposition in spike trains for single motor units (MU). Examples are given for combined application of surface and needle EMG, and possibilities for further developments of EMG signal processing tools are critically commented.

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