Fasciculation frequency changes at different length of relaxed muscle

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 317-320

  Roth, G ^a,b  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0029739987     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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