Concentric needle single fiber electromyography: Normative jitter values on voluntary activated Extensor Digitorum Communis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 B, 2007, Pages 446-449

  Kouyoumdjian, João Aris ^a,b,c   Stålberg, Erik V ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Jitter; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEEDLE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 34547644081     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000300016     Document Type: Article

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