Concentric needle jitter on stimulated Orbicularis Oculi in 50 healthy subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Kouyoumdjian, João Aris ^a   Stålberg, Erik V ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Jitter; Orbicularis Oculi; Single fiber electromyography; Stimulation jitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; DATA BASE; ELECTRODE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; ZYGOMA;

ADULT; BLINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751621545     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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