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Table 1 Muscle fiber conduction velocity (CV) estimated from multi-channel surface electromyography (sEMG) using a maximum likelihood estimator [13] and from two single differential sEMG recordings using a simple cross-correlation technique [14, 15], respectively

From: Analysis of muscle fiber conduction velocity enables reliable detection of surface EMG crosstalk during detection of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes

CV [m/s]

Reflex:

Crosstalk:

Maximum likelihood estimator

TA:

6.0 (5.0-7.1)

168.7 (93.0-198.3)

SOL:

7.8 (6.8-9.9)

90.1 (53.6-146.5)

Simple cross-correlation technique

TA:

5.3 (2.8-14.3)

66.7 (50.0-100.0)

SOL:

8.7 (4.2-40.0)

200.0 (100.0-200.0)