Standardization of anal sphincter EMG: Technique of needle examination

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-403

  Podnar, Simon ^a   Rodi, Zoran ^a   Lukanovič, Adolf ^b   Tršinar, Bojan ^b   Vodušek, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

External anal sphincter muscle; Muscle mapping; Needle electromyography; Needle insertion; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033010361     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199903)22:3<400::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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