Motor unit number estimation: Sample size considerations

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

estimation error; motor unit number estimation; sample size effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL COUNT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031014469     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199701)20:1<22::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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