Multichannel surface EMG for the non-invasive assessment of the anal sphincter muscle

Digestion

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-122

  Merletti, R ^a   Bottin, A ^a   Cescon, C ^a   Farina, D ^a   Gazzoni, M ^a   Martina, S ^a   Mesin, L ^a   Pozzo, M ^a   Rainoldi, A ^a,b   Enck, P ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter; Innervation zone; Motor unit; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR UNIT; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EID: 2642536743     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077877     Document Type: Article

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