Modeling studies on irregular motor unit potentials

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 543-556

  Zalewska, E ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, I ^b   Stalberg E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle EMG; Irregularity; Motor unit potential; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 1242269789     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.10.031     Document Type: Article

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