Intra- and inter-rater reliability of motor unit number estimation and quantitative motor unit analysis in the upper trapezius

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-205

  Ives, Colleen T ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition based quantitative electromyography (DQEMG); Decomposition enhanced spike triggered averaging (DE STA); Motor unit number estimation (MUNE); Reliability; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84655162078     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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