Accuracy of electromyography needle placement in cadavers: Non-guided vs. Ultrasound guided

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-49

  Boon, Andrea J ^a   Oney Marlow, Theresa M ^a   Murthy, Naveen S ^a   Harper, Charles M ^a   McNamara, Terrence R ^a   Smith, Jay ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cadaver; Electromyography; Fine wires; Needle EMG; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMUR HEAD; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS PEDIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; GRACILIS FLAP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PERONEUS LONGUS MUSCLE; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PERONEUS TERTIUS MUSCLE; POPLITEAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

CADAVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959319447     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22008     Document Type: Article

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