Motor unit action potential duration, I: Variability of manual and automatic measurements

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-58

  Rodríguez, Ignacio ^a   Gila, Luis ^b   Malanda, Armando ^a   Gurtubay, Ignacio Garcia ^b   Mallor, Fermin ^a   Gómez, Sagrario ^a   Navallas, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Javier ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duration; Motor unit action potential; Quantitative electromyography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846828687     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnp.0000236606.53923.0d     Document Type: Article

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