Peak-ratio interference pattern analysis in the detection of neuromuscular disorders

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 379-384

  Finsterer, J ^a   Mamoli, B ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, A ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interference pattern; Neuromuscular disorders; Peak ratio; Quantitative electromyography; Turn amplitude analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030766496     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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