Reference jitter values for concentric needle electrodes in voluntarily activated extensor digitorum communis and orbicularis oculi muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-699

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

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

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Extensor digitorum communis; Jitter; Orbicularis oculi; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JITTER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKIN ELECTRODE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLINKING; BRAZIL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 44949142964     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21043     Document Type: Article

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