Using electromyography to assess function in humans and animal models of muscular dystrophy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 981-997

  Han, Jay J ^a   Carter, Gregory T ^b,e   Weiss, Michael D ^c   Shekar, Chandra ^b   Kornegay, Joseph N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; MEROSIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BIOMECHANICS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE LOCATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 26244446559     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2005.08.001     Document Type: Review

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