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Recommendations for the standardization of lead positions in surface electromyography

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Standardized lead positions for recording myoelectric signals are given for various muscles. The positions are given in terms of (1) the ‘lead line’ connecting two anatomical landmarks and (2) the ‘central lead point’ about which the electrodes are placed symmetrically on the lead line.

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  1. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Petersenstra\e 30, D-6100, Darmstadt, Germany

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This research was financially supported by the Sonderforschungsbereich 152 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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Zipp, P. Recommendations for the standardization of lead positions in surface electromyography. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 50, 41–54 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00952243

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