Multi-dataset benchmarking and preliminary transfer learning for lower-limb EMG classification toward adaptive prosthesis control
By: Jafar Jafar, Cezary Rzymkowski and Andrzej Kordecki
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Language: English
Page range: 109 - 120
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2026
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2026
Published on: Oct 16, 2026
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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