Estimating Contraction Level Using Root Mean Square Amplitude in Control Subjects and Patients With Neuromuscular Disorders

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-718

  Boe, Shaun G ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor neurons; Neuromuscular diseases; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 40949110184     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.047     Document Type: Article

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