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published in books and international journals by the founder of the De Luca Foundation, Professor Carlo J. De Luca
Muscles Alive (5th edition)
Basmajian JV and De Luca CJ. Muscles Alive (5th edition), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1985.
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Apparatus, Detection, and Recording Techniques
- Chapter 3 – Description and Analysis of the EMG Signal
- Chapter 4 – Decomposition of the EMG signal and Analysis of the Motor Unit Action Potentials Trains
- Chapter 5 – Control Properties of Motor Units
- Chapter 6 – Conscious Control and Training Motor Units and Biofeedback
- Chapter 7 – EMG Signal Amplitude and Force
- Chapter 8 – Muscle Fatigue and Time-Dependent Parameters of the Surface EMG Signal
Electromyography. Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation
This paper provides a concentrated discussion of the origin and construct of the EMG signal. A model for the EMG signal is presented and discussed. Influences of physiological and anatomical factors are discussed and technical concepts for detecting and analyzing the EMG signal are described. Carlo J. De Luca.
(John G. Webster, Ed.) John Wiley Publisher, 98-109, 2006. Copyright© 2006 John G. Webster. “This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.”
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The Use of Surface Electromyography in Biomechanics
Wartenweiler Memorial Lecture (The International Society for Biomechanics) 5 July 1993, Carlo J. De Luca.