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Table of contents
  • Editorial
  • General papers: 2 articles
  • Clinical applications and experiences: 7 articles
  • Surveys of clinical operators: 2 articles
  • Teaching and communications barriers: 2 articles
  • Occupational medicine: 2 articles
  • Exercise, sport physiology and kinesiology: 2 articles
Editorial team

R Merletti, I Campanini, W Z Rymer, C Disselhorst-Klug

Authors and reviewers
  • 18 contributions from 80 authors from seven countries:
    Chile, Germany, Croatia, France, Ireland, Italy, USA.
  • 33 engineers
  • 16 medical doctors
  • 18 occupational therapists and physiotherapists
  • 13 movement scientists
  • 40 reviewers from various countries

IEEE Press, J. Wiley, 2016

Table of Contents

  1. PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE ACTIVATION AND FORCE GENERATION R. Enoka, J Duchateau
  2. BIOPHYSICS OF THE GENERATION OF EMG SIGNALS AND FORCE D. Stegeman, D. Farina R. Merletti
  3. DETECTION AND CONDITIONING OF THE SURFACE EMG SIGNAL A. Botter, U. Barone, R.Merletti
  4. SINGLE CHANNEL TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM THE SURFACE EMG SIGNAL E Clancy, F. Negro, D. Farina
  5. TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM THE SURFACE EMG SIGNAL: HIGH DENSITY SURFACE EMG R. Merletti, T. Vieira, D. Farina
  6. MUSCLE COORDINATION, MOTOR SYNERGIES AND PRIMITIVES FROM SURFACE EMG F.Lacquaniti, Y.Ivanenko, F. d'Avella
  7. SURFACE EMG DECOMPOSITION A. Holobar, D. Zazula
  8. EMG MODELING AND SIMULATION M. Lowery
  9. EMG-DRIVEN MODELING FOR SIMULATING THE HUMAN MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM M. Sartori, D. Lloyd, T. Besier, J. Fernabdez, D. Farina,
  10. MYOELECTRIC MANIFESTATIONS OF MUSCLE FATIGUE IN VOLUNTARY AND ELECTRICALLY ELICITED CONTRACTIONS R. Merletti B. Afsharipour, J. Dideriksen, D. Farina
  11. EMG OF ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED MUSCLES A. Botter, R. Merletti
  12. SURFACE EMG APPLICATIONS IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY J. Duchateau , S. Baudry, M. Minetto
  13. APPLICATIONS IN ERGONOMICS M. Gazzoni, B. Afsharipour, R. Merletti
  14. APPLICATIONS IN PROCTOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS R. Merletti
  15. EMG IN POSTURE ANALYSIS T. Vieira, D. Farina I. Loram
  16. EMG IN MOVEMENT AND GAIT ANALYSIS A. Merlo, I. Campanini
  17. APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL TERAPY D. Falla
  18. SURFACE EMG IN BIOFEEDBACK A. Gallina, M. Gazzoni, D. Falla, R. Merletti
  19. EMG IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND SPORTS A. Rainoldi, T. Moritani, G. Boccia
  20. SURFACE EMG FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERFACING IN REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES D. Farina, M. Sartori

In collaboration with the Dept. of Health Sciences, Univ. of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and the School of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Univ. of Torino, Italy.

A book aimed to physical therapists.

Foreword by Gwendolin Jull.

Part I: Understanding surface EMG.
  1. Introduction and applications of surface EMG
  2. Basic concepts concerning fields and potential distributions of stationary and moving point sources.
  3. Generation, propagation and extinction of single fiber and motor unit action potentials
  4. EMG imaging: geometry and anatomy of the electrode-muscle system
  5. Features of the single channel sEMG signal
  6. Features of the two-dimensional sEMG signal: EMG feature imaging
  7. Applications of surface EMG in dynamic conditions, ergonomics sports and obstetrics
Part II: Atlas of muscle innervation zones
  1. Trunk, 14 muscles
  2. Upper limb, 16 muscles
  3. Lower limb, 13 muscles

IEEE Press, J. Wiley, 2004

Table of contents

  1. BASIC PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS OF EMG SIGNAL GENERATION T. Moritani, D. Stegeman, R. Merletti
  2. NEEDLE AND WIRE DETECTION TECHNIQUES J. V. Trontelj, J. Jabre, M. Mihelin
  3. DECOMPOSITION OF INTRAMUSCULAR EMG SIGNALS D. W. Stashuk, D. Farina, K. Søgaard
  4. BIOPHYSICS OF THE GENERATION OF EMG SIGNALS D. Farina, R. Merletti, D. F. Stegeman
  5. DETECTION AND CONDITIONING OF THE SURFACE EMG SIGNAL R. Merletti, H. Hermens
  6. SINGLE-CHANNEL TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM THE SURFACE EMG SIGNAL E. A. Clancy, D. Farina, G. Filligoi
  7. MULTI-CHANNEL TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM THE SURFACE EMG D. Farina, R. Merletti, C. Disselhorst-Klug
  8. EMG MODELING AND SIMULATION D. F. Stegeman, R. Merletti, H. J. Hermens
  9. MYOELECTRIC MANIFESTATIONS OF MUSCLE FATIGUE R. Merletti, A. Rainoldi, D. Farina
  10. ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES D. Zazula, S. Karlsson, C. Doncarli
  11. SURFACE MECHANOMYOGRAM C. Orizio
  12. SURFACE EMG APPLICATIONS IN NEUROLOGY M. J. Zwarts, D. F. Stegeman, J. G. van Dijk
  13. APPLICATIONS IN ERGONOMICS G. M. Hägg, B. Melin, R. Kadefors
  14. APPLICATIONS IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY F. Felici
  15. APPLICATIONS IN MOVEMENT AND GAIT ANALYSIS C. Frigo, R. Shiavi
  16. APPLICATIONS IN REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND RELATED FIELDS A. Rainoldi, R. Casale, P. Hodges, G. Jull
  17. BIOFEEDBACK APPLICATIONS J. R. Cram
  18. CONTROL OF POWERED UPPER LIMB PROSTHESES P. A. Parker, K. B. Englehart, B. S. Hudgins

Edizioni Minerva Medica Torino, 2006
Editors: A. Rainoldi, M. A. Minetto, R. Merletti
Fifteen contributions by 29 International scientists

  1. Part 1. Skeletal muscle
    Five contributions
  2. Part 2. Biomechanics
    Three contributions
  3. Part 3. Technology
    Three contributions
  4. Part 4. Electrical Stimulation in Sports
    Four contributions

Proceedings of the conclusive Symposium of the EU Project “Neuromuscular Assessment in the Elderly Worker (NEW) ” 2004.

Section 1: Epidemiology

Section 2: Information extraction from EMG and MMG.

Section 3: Advanced techniques for neuromuscular clinical assessment.

Section 4: Applications in biofeed-back, rehabilitation and sport medicine.

Proceedings of the Symposia of the EU Project “Prevention of muscle disorders in the operation of computer input devices (PROCID)”, 1999 and 2001.

Roessing Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands, 1999. www.seniam.org

Table of Contents

  1. The Seniam Project B. Freriks, H Hermens
  2. Recommendations for sensors and sensor placement procedures for surface electromyography B. Freriks, H Hermens, C. Disselhorst-Klug, G. Rau
  3. EU Recommendations for signal processing methods for surface EMG R. Merletti, D. Farina, H. Hermens, B. Freriks, J Harlaar
  4. The SENIAM models for surface EMG J. Blok, D. Stegeman, B. Freriks, H Hermens
  5. Guidelines for reporting surface EMG data R. Merletti, W. Wallinga, H. Hermens, B. Freriks
  6. The SENIAM CD-rom B. Freriks
  7. Overview of SENIAM papers and publications

The book reports the results of the European Concerted Action “Surface Electromyography for Non Invasive Assessment of Muscles (SENIAM)”. This book has been a reference guide for many years. Both the book and the “Recommendations” are being up-dated or modified by many recent publications. This book has been translated in Italian. See also www.seniam.org.

Italian translation of the “European Recommendations for Surface Electromyography”, Edizioni Coop. Libraria Universitaria. Torino (CLUT), Italy, 2000.

Accompanying book edited by R. Merletti. Contributors: R. Casale, D. Farina, M. Gazzoni, R. Merletti, A. Merlo, M. Nazzaro, P. Parker, A. Rainoldi, M.P. Schieroni, Edizioni Coop. Libraria Universitaria. Torino (CLUT), Italy, 2000.