Fasciculation potentials in high-density surface EMG

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Drost, Gea ^a   Kleine, Bert U ^b   Stegeman, Dick F ^b   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^b   Zwarts, Machiel J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fasciculation potentials; High density surface EMG; Motor neuron disease; Motor unit action potentials

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FASCICULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 34249914242     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31803bba04     Document Type: Article

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