Use of the collision technique to improve the accuracy of motor unit number estimation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1315-1319

  Aoyagi, Yoichiro ^a   Strohschein, Fay J ^a   Ming Chan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision technique; EMG; Human; Motor unit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0034237248     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00318-7     Document Type: Article

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