A system-based study of the variation in the amplitude of the compound sensory nerve action potential recorded using surface electrodes

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 520-527

  Pitt, Matthew C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amplitude; experimental design; sensory nerve action potential; statistical process control; systems analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0030458917     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)95694-5     Document Type: Article

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