Macro electromyography and motor unit number index in the tibialis anterior muscle: Differences and similarities in characterizing motor unit properties in prior polio

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-341

  Sandberg, Arne ^a   Nandedkar, Sanjeev D ^b   Stålberg, Erik ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Cardinal Health Care   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Macro EMG; MUNE; MUNIX; Polio; Prior polio; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLIOMYELITIS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951904891     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21878     Document Type: Article

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