Reference values for voluntary and stimulated single-fibre EMG using concentric needle electrodes: A multicentre prospective study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-620

  Kokubun, Norito ^a   Sonoo, Masahiro ^b   Imai, Tomihiro ^c   Arimura, Yumiko ^d   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^e   Komori, Tetsuo ^f   Kobayashi, Masahito ^g   Nagashima, Takahide ^a   Hatanaka, Yuki ^b   Tsuda, Emiko ^c   Misawa, Sonoko ^e   Abe, Tatsuya ^f   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^d  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Hakone National Hospital   (Japan)

^g YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentric needle electrode; Reference value; Stimulated single fibre electromyography; Voluntary single fibre electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC NEEDLE ELECTRODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRONTALIS MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856235831     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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