Can be sphincter electromyography reference values shared between laboratories?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1387-1392

  Podnar, Simon ^a   Gregory, W Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anal sphincter muscle; neuropathic lesion; reproducibility; sacral nerves; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPHINCTER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349247493     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20893     Document Type: Article

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