Compound muscle action potentials during repetitive nerve stimulation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 724-728

  Asawa, Teruko ^a   Shindo, Masaomi ^b   Momoi, Hiroki ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMAP area; Compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude; Human; Neuromuscular transmission; Pseudofacilitation; Repetitive nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 2442424428     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20037     Document Type: Article

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