A comparison between disposable and reusable single fiber needle electrodes in relation to stimulated single fiber studies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1437-1439

  Papathanasiou, Eleftherios S ^a   Zamba Papanicolaou, Eleni ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Jitter; Neuromuscular junction; Orbicularis oculi; Potentials; Single fiber EMG electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPOSABLE FIBER NEEDLE ELECTRODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUSABLE FINE NEEDLE ELECTRODE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861672803     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.10.046     Document Type: Article

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