Multichannel EMG-based estimation of fiber conduction velocity during isometric contraction of patients with different stages of diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-472

  Butugan, Marco K ^a   Sartor, Cristina D ^a   Watari, Ricky ^a   Martins, Maria Cecília S ^a   Ortega, Neli R S ^a   Vigneron, Vincent A M ^b   Sacco, Isabel C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathies; Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Muscle fiber; Neural conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; THIGH;

EID: 84902329393     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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