Motor unit estimates obtained using the new "muesa" method

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 626-636

  Slawnych, Michael ^a   Laszlo, Charles ^a   Hershler, Cecil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor unit number estimation; Nerve stimulation; Probabilistic activation; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THENAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEUROLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0030005887     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199605)19:5<626::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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