Relation between maximum discharge rates on electromyography and motor unit number estimates

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Schulte Mattler, Wilhelm J ^a   Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^a   Tietze, Klaus ^a   Zierz, Stephan ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discharge rate; Electromyography; Motor unit; Motor unit number estimation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURITIS; PARESIS;

EID: 0033963878     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200002)23:2<231::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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