Concentric needle electrodes are superior to perineal surface-patch electrodes for electromyographic documentation of urethral sphincter relaxation during voiding

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Mahajan, Sangeeta T ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Mary Pat ^a   Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Shott, Susan ^b   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; EMG; Urodynamic testing; Voiding dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; URETHRA;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEEDLES; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33644796827     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.05890.x     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Elbadawi A Functional anatomy of the organs of micturition Urol Clin North Am 1996 23 177 210
2. Schafer W Abrams P Liao L et al. Good urodynamic practices: uroflowmetry, filling cystometry, and pressure-flow studies Neurourol Urodyn 2002 21 261 74
3. Barber MD Bremer RE Thor KB Dolber PC Kuehl TJ Coates KW Innervation of the female levator ani muscles Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002 187 64 71
4. Vereecken RL Derluyn J Verduyn DJ Electromyography of the perineal striated muscles during cystometry Urol Int 1975 30 92 8
5. Abrams P Cardozo L Fall M et al. The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: report from the standardisation sub-committee of the International Continence Society Neurourol Urodyn 2002 21 167 78
6. Barrett DM Disposable (infant) surface electrocardiogram electrodes in urodynamics: a simultaneous comparative study of electrodes J Urol 1980 124 663 5
7. Barrett DM Wein AJ Flow evaluation and simultaneous external sphincter electromyography in clinical urodynamics J Urol 1981 125 538 41