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A Quantitative Emg Assessment Of Motor Unit Recruitment In Patients With Ulnar Neuropathy, Kayla N. Ryan
A Quantitative Emg Assessment Of Motor Unit Recruitment In Patients With Ulnar Neuropathy, Kayla N. Ryan
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The aim of the current study was to assess the test – retest reliability of motor unit firing rates with the use of decomposition based quantitative electromyography, and to quantify motor unit firing rates in the first dorsal interosseous of patients with ulnar neuropathy. 8 healthy subjects (mean age 35 ± 10 years) and 8 patients (mean age 48 ± 10 years) with ulnar neuropathy participated in the study. Following the acquisition of a maximum M wave, needle and surface detected EMGs were collected simultaneously during 30-second contractions performed at threshold (1-2% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)) and 10% MVC- RMS …