Changes in intracellular action potential profile affect parameters used in turns/amplitude analysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-720

  Arabadzhiev, Todor I ^a   Dimitrov, George V ^a   Chakarov, Vichren E ^a   Dimitrov, Alexander G ^a   Dimitrova, Nonna A ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Interference EMG signal; Myopathy; Neuropathy; Turns analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 44949245835     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21022     Document Type: Article

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