Jitter recordings with concentric needle electrodes

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-339

  Stålberg, Erik V ^a   Sanders, Donald B ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; EMG; Jitter; Neuromuscular transmission; SFEMG

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FILTER; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 69749094706     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21424     Document Type: Note

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