Motor unit action potential duration recorded by monopolar and concentric needle electrodes: Physiologic implications

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-493

  Dumitru, Daniel ^a   King, John C ^a   Nandedkar, Sanjeev D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TECA Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentric Needle Electrode; Instrumentation; Monopolar Needle Electrode; Motor Unit Action Potential; Volume Conduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; MONOPOLAR NEEDLE ELECTRODE; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS; VOLUME CONDUCTION;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031278423     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199711000-00011     Document Type: Article

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