Concentric needle single fiber electromyography: Comparative jitter on voluntary-activated and stimulated Extensor Digitorum Communis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1614-1618

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

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

^b Neuromuscular Investigation Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Extensor Digitorum Communis; Jitter; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE JITTER; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN ELECTRODE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 44949137140     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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