Concentric needle EMG versus macro EMG I. Relation in healthy subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1211-1215

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concentric needle EMG; Electromyography; Macro EMG; Motor unit; Motor unit action potential

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034237541     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00310-2     Document Type: Article

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