The International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology (ISEK) is a multidisciplinary organization composed of members from health related fields such as biomedical sciences as well as engineering, physical education, physical therapy and many other disciplines. These clinicians and basic scientists are bound together by a common desire to study human movement and the neuromuscular system. Key topics in this discipline are analysis of large data sets for physiology, EMG modeling and signal processing, ergonomics, motor performance and sports science, motor units, movement disorders and rehabilitation technologies, multiscale and trans-scale approaches for movement and neurosciences, muscle physiology, neuromechanics, neural Engineering, and sensorimotor control.
Every two years, these scientists gather at a Congress of ISEK to share advances and knowledge in the broad field of Electrophysiological Kinesiology. The participants with affiliated institutes and universities bring experience in the fields of Electromyography, Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), Motor Unit Control, Neuromuscular Diseases, Rehabilitation, Muscle Fatigue, Kinesiology, Motion Analysis, Ergonomics and many other areas of study. The Society was born on August 13, 1965 when its founders J.V. Basmajian, S. Carlsöö, B. Jonsson, M.A. MacConnaill, J. Pauly and L. Sheving met and agreed to the formation of a small society of electrophysiological kinesiology. Soon afterwards, the first Council of ISEK was elected, including its first president, J.V. Basmajian.
The 1st International Meeting of ISEK took place in Montreal in 1968 where some 70 members participated, and the Constitution and Rules of ISEK were adopted. Since that time, multiple International Meetings or Congresses have been held, typically with several hundred participants in attendance. In addition to the exchange of scientific views, past meetings have produced such important contributions as the guidelines for reporting the units, terms, and standards for EMG research, and the establishment of the Society’s official journal, the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology (JEK), in the fall of 1990.
