Statistical (poisson) motor unit number estimation. Methodological aspects and normal results in the extensor digitorum brevis muscle of healthy subjects;Estimación del número de unidades motoras en un músculo mediante la técnica estadística (poisson). Aspectos metodológicos y parámetros normales en el extensor digitorum brevis

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 601-604

  Murga Oporto, Leopoldo ^a   Menendez de Leon C ^b   Bauzano Poley, E ^c   Nunez Castain M J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; CMAP; Extensor digitorum brevis; MUNE; Normal subjects; SMUP

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS;

EID: 1542652113     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3607.2002488     Document Type: Article

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