The intercept method: A novel method for establishing consistency of M-wave recruitment curves

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 423-432

  Kerr, Jill M ^a   Vujnovich, A L ^a   Bradnam, L ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; M WAVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036790824     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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