Needle EMG of the human diaphragm: Power spectral analysis in normal subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-330

  Chen, Robert ^a   Collins, Stephen J ^a   Remtulla, Hussein ^a   Parkes, Anthony ^a   Bolton, Charles F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

diaphragm; electromyography; fatigue; normal subjects; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES;

EID: 0030069538     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199603)19:3<324::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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