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Rehabilitation and Therapy

Journal

1990

Disposable monopolar needle electrode;reusable monopolar needle electrode;motor unit action potential

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Comparison Of Motor Unit Action Potential Recorded From Disposable And Reusable Monopolar Eeg Needle Electrodes, Helen Sheau-Ping Pan, Jennifer Chu, Rai-Chi Chan, Tao-Chang Hsu Dec 1990

Comparison Of Motor Unit Action Potential Recorded From Disposable And Reusable Monopolar Eeg Needle Electrodes, Helen Sheau-Ping Pan, Jennifer Chu, Rai-Chi Chan, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The usage of disposable needle electrodes is a safe way to prevent severe infectious diseases, especially AIDS, in EMG laboratories. The purposes of this study were (1) to compare disposable with reusable monopolar needle electrodes physiologically by recording motor unit action potentials (MUAPs), and (2) to determine the stability of the disposable monopolar needle electrodes (DMNE).Computer-aided measurements were used to compare 60 MUAPs recorded with reusable monopo;ar needle electrodes (RMNE) and 60 MUAPs recorded from the same muscle (Tibialis anterior) with DMNE at the first (new), second (used). and sith(old) electrode usage. There wase no significant difference among the amplitude, …