OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
How should we normalize electromyograms obtained from healthy participants? What we have learned from over 25years of research	386
Normalization of surface EMG amplitude from the upper trapezius muscle in ergonomic studies — A review	348
Elimination of electrocardiogram contamination from electromyogram signals: An evaluation of currently used removal techniques	272
Pain and motor control: From the laboratory to rehabilitation	202
Epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders among computer users: lesson learned from the role of posture and keyboard use	155
Tutorial: Analysis of motor unit discharge characteristics from high-density surface EMG signals	137
A validation of techniques using surface EMG signals from dynamic contractions to quantify muscle fatigue during repetitive tasks	118
Tutorial. Surface EMG detection in space and time: Best practices	116
Dynamic muscle force predictions from EMG: an artificial neural network approach	115
Movement of the hyoid bone and the epiglottis during swallowing in patients with dysphagia from different etiologies	109
Short-term repeatability of parameters extracted from radial displacement of muscle belly	107
Isokinetic elbow joint torques estimation from surface EMG and joint kinematic data: using an artificial neural network model	91
Removing ECG contamination from EMG recordings: A comparison of ICA-based and other filtering procedures	91
Adaptive filtering for ECG rejection from surface EMG recordings	80
A passive exoskeleton reduces peak and mean EMG during symmetric and asymmetric lifting	80
Myofascial trigger point development from visual and postural stressors during computer work	78
The effect of postural correction on muscle activation amplitudes recorded from the cervicobrachial region	71
Human muscle modelling from a user's perspective	68
Consensus for experimental design in electromyography (CEDE) project: Electrode selection matrix	64
Optimal rejection of movement artefacts from myoelectric signals by means of a wavelet filtering procedure	64
Physiological validation of the decomposition of surface EMG signals	58
From confounders to suspected risk factors: psychosocial factors and work-related upper extremity disorders	51
Altered patterns of muscle activation during performance of four functional tasks in patients with shoulder disorders: Interpretation from voluntary response index	49
Analysis of motor unit spike trains estimated from high-density surface electromyography is highly reliable across operators	45
Myofascial force transmission and tendon transfer for patients suffering from spastic paresis: A review and some new observations	44

Intramuscular and surface EMG power spectrum from dynamic and static contractions	44
The interpretation of abdominal wall muscle recruitment strategies change when the electrocardiogram (ECG) is removed from the electromyogram (EMG)	43
From cell to movement: to what answers does EMG really contribute?	41
Predicting muscle forces in gait from EMG signals and musculotendon kinematics	37
Analyzing gastrocnemius EMG-activity and sway data from quiet and perturbed standing	35
Cross-talk from adjacent muscle has a negligible effect on surface electromyographic activity of vastus intermedius muscle during isometric contraction	35
Stationarity distributions of mechanomyogram signals from isometric contractions of extrinsic hand muscles during functional grasping	34
Comparison in lower leg neuromuscular activity between runners with unilateral mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy and healthy individuals	34
Fatigue analysis of interference EMG signals obtained from biceps brachii during isometric voluntary contraction at various force levels	31
Variability of successive contractions subtracted from unfused tetanus of fast and slow motor units	31
Muscular co-contraction during walking and landing from a jump: Comparison between genders and influence of activity level	31
Removal of the electrocardiogram signal from surface EMG recordings using non-linearly scaled wavelets	31
Assessing the validity of surface electromyography for recording muscle activation patterns from serratus anterior	30
Electromyographic patterns of individuals suffering from lateral tennis elbow	29
The influence of simultaneous handgrip and wrist force on forearm muscle activity	27
A novel approach for removing ECG interferences from surface EMG signals using a combined ANFIS and wavelet	27
Diagnostic accuracy, validity, and reliability of Tensiomyography to assess muscle function and exercise-induced fatigue in healthy participants. A systematic review with meta-analysis	27
Task-oriented EMG activity recorded from partitions in human lateral gastrocnemius muscle	27
Dependence of muscle and deep fascia stiffness on the contraction levels of the quadriceps: An in vivo supersonic shear-imaging study	27
Approach run increases preactivation and eccentric phases muscle activity during drop jumps from different drop heights	26
Index for estimation of muscle force from mechanomyography based on the Lempel–Ziv algorithm	25
On the feasibility of obtaining multiple muscular maximal voluntary excitation levels from test exertions: A shoulder example	25
Shear wave elastography investigation of multifidus stiffness in individuals with low back pain	25
Muscle activation of patients suffering from asymmetric ankle osteoarthritis during isometric contractions and level walking – A time–frequency analysis	25
Detecting fatigue thresholds from electromyographic signals: A systematic review on approaches and methodologies	24
A regression model predicting isometric shoulder muscle activities from arm postures and shoulder joint moments	22
Evaluation of EMG signals from rehabilitated patients with lower back pain using wavelets	21
Landing from different heights: Biomechanical and neuromuscular strategies in trained gymnasts and untrained prepubescent girls	21
Estimation of distal arm joint angles from EMG and shoulder orientation for transhumeral prostheses	21
Inter-operator agreement in decomposition of motor unit firings from high-density surface EMG	21