Quantitative measurements and analysis in electrodiagnostic studies: Present and future

Future Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 745-764

  Nandedkar, Sanjeev D ^a   Stålberg, Erik V ^b  

^a Cardinal Health Care   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; F wave; Interference pattern; Motor NCS; Motor unit; Motor unit potential; MUNE; Nerve conduction; Quantitative EMG; Recruitment; Sensory NCS; SFEMG

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 67249146212     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796708.3.6.745     Document Type: Review

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