Usefulness of an increase in size of motor unit potential sample

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1683-1688

  Podnar, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

EAS, external anal sphincter; EMG, electromyography; External anal sphincter muscle; Motor unit potentials; MUPs, motor unit potentials; Needle electromyography; Sample size; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE LESION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYRADICULOPATHY; REACTION TIME; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942614901     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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