Quantitative EMG and motor unit recruitment threshold using a concentric needle with quadrifilar electrode

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-367

  Akaboshi, Kazuto ^a   Masakado, Yoshihisa ^a   Chino, Naoichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Motor unit; Quantitative EMG analysis; Recruitment threshold; Size principle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034002768     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<361::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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