Detection of fibrillations using muscle ultrasound: Diagnostic accuracy and identification of pitfalls

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-182

  Van Alfen, Nens ^a   Nienhuis, Mark ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Fibrillations; Muscle ultrasound; Needle EMG; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751667088     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21863     Document Type: Article

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