Anal sphincter electromyography: Editing of sampled motor unit action potentials

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Gregory, W Thomas ^a   Clark, Amanda L ^a   Johnson, Joshua ^a   Willis, Kimberly ^a   Stuyvesant, Amy ^a   Lou, Jau Shin ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; External anal sphincter; Multi MUAP analysis; Normative data; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13244256826     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20165     Document Type: Article

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