Standardization of anal sphincter electromyography: Normative data

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2200-2207

  Podnar, Simon ^a   Vodušek, David B ^a   Stålberg, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter; Interference pattern; Motor unit potentials; Needle electromyography; Normative data; Reference values; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033758358     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00416-8     Document Type: Article

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