Stimulated jitter in the masseter muscle: Normative values

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-245

  Rousseff, Rossen T ^a   Khuraibet, Adnan J ^a   Al Shubaili, Asmahan F ^a   Tzvetanov, Flamen ^b  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b University Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Jitter; Masseter; Mean consecutive difference; Normative values; Stimulated single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33846965247     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20651     Document Type: Article

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