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Low-frequency spectral analysis of the e.m.g.

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  1. Grupo de Matemática Aplicade, Universidade do Porto, 4000, Porto, Portugal

    P. J. Lago

  2. Graduate Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sussex, England

    N. B. Jones

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Lago, P.J., Jones, N.B. Low-frequency spectral analysis of the e.m.g.. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 779–782 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441342

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