Influence of spontaneous activity on peak-ratio analysis

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 254-257

  Finsterer, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Automatic EMG; Interference pattern analysis; Peak ratio; Spontaneous activity; Turn amplitude analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031744002     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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