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ArticleJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2015

Clarification of methods used to validate surface EMG decomposition algorithms as described by Farina et al. (2014).

Carlo J De Luca, S Hamid Nawab, Joshua C Kline

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Article in Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Carlo J De LucaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; and Delsys Inc., Natick, Massachusetts cjd@delsys.com.
S Hamid NawabDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; and.
Joshua C KlineDelsys Inc., Natick, Massachusetts.

Funding

Non-invasive System for Identifying Motoneuron BehaviorR44NS077526 · NINDS · ALTEC, INC. · PI DE LUCA, GIANLUCA · 2014 to 2020
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NINDS NIH HHS R44 NS077526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

ElectromyographyHumansMotor NeuronsNeuromuscular Junction

Identifiers

PMID25878218
PMCPMC5504453

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