In vivo assessment of conduction velocity and refractory period of denervated muscle fibers

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 436-439

  Hofer, Christian ^a   Forstner, Claudia ^a   Mödlin, Michaela ^a   Jäger, Heidrun ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^b   Kern, Helmut ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Denervation; Electrical stimulation; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Needle electromyography; Refractory period

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIBERS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

CONDUCTION VELOCITY; DENERVATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; IN-VIVO; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE FIBRE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

NEEDLES;

CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944537186     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.29072.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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