Concentric needle jitter in stimulated frontalis in 20 healthy subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-278

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

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

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Frontalis; Jitter; Single fiber electromyography; Stimulation jitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FRONTALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855827287     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22306     Document Type: Article

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