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electromyograph
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e·lec·tro·my·o·graph (-lktr-m-graf)
n.
An instrument used in diagnosing neuromuscular disorders that produces an audio or visual record of the electrical activity of a skeletal muscle by means of an electrode inserted into the muscle or placed on the skin.

e·lectro·my·ogra·phy (-m-gr-f) n.

electromyograph [e-lek″tro-mi´o-graf]
the instrument used in electromyography.

electromyograph
the instrument used in electromyography. Abbreviated EMG.


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Led by Emilio Bizzi, an MIT Institute Professor and a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the researchers used electromyographic (EMG) recording to measure activity in arm and shoulder muscles of eight stroke patients as they performed a variety of reaching movements.
Altered neuromuscular control due to fatigue may be reflected by changes in electromyographic (EMG) activity, joint kinematics, and vertical ground reaction force magnitudes, and these changes also may be observed as an altered lower extremity stiffness during landing (James et al.
Surface electromyographic and electroglottographic studies in normal subjects under two swallow conditions: Normal and during the Mendelsohn maneuver.
 
 
 
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