Quantitative evaluation of electrodes for external urethral sphincter electromyography during bladder-to-urethral guarding reflex

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-371

  Steward, James E ^a   Clemons, Jessica D ^a   Zaszczurynski, Paul J ^b   Butler, Robert S ^a   Damaser, Margot S ^a,b   Jiang, Hai Hong ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; External urethral sphincter; Muscle; Rat; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REFLEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952879180     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-009-0463-4     Document Type: Article

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