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myoelectric

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myoelectric

The electrical signals within the human body that stimulate the muscles to move. The signal, which is less than one millivolt, has an average frequency of about 100Hz. Myoelectric signals are used to move prosthetic limbs. The faint signals are detected and amplified to control the battery-driven, moving elements of the prosthesis. The word myo comes from the Greek "myos" and means "muscle."



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Effects of phenytoin on vection-induced motion sickness and gastric myoelectric activity.
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This study sample represents the largest known group currently reported in the literature with congenital disabilities and the use of myoelectric prostheses.
 
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