Dynamic muscle ultrasound conquers another domain of needle EMG, the detection of fibrillations

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 843-844

  Dengler, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fibrillations; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYNAMIC MUSCLE ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBER FIBRILLATION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREMOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67349206149     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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